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Wah this is crazy man, I bet alot of people are going to make a hell lot of noise.

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National Cancer Centre to spearhead campaign for tobacco ban
By Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE : In a bold attempt to fight cancer in Asia, nine National Cancer Centres in Asia - including Singapore, China, Japan, Korea and Bangladesh - have signed a landmark agreement.
They will work with their respective governments to ban tobacco.
And Singapore is determined to take the lead in this formidable task.
It may look like a next to impossible task, but the plan is to ban tobacco products from its growth and manufacture, all the way to the import, export and sale of such products.
With Singapore's success in banning chewing gum, the National Cancer Centres in Asia are looking to Singapore to take the lead in proposing a ban on tobacco products in 10 years.
Singapore's National Cancer Centre is in talks with the Health Ministry and wants to work in partnership with the community.
This includes working with the Health Promotion Board to offer alternatives to current smokers, such as nicotine patches.
It will also partner the Education Ministry to roll out educational-outreach programmes, targeting young Singaporeans.
This is on top of existing efforts like increasing the cost of cigarettes and designating more public places as smoke-free zones.
Professor Soo Khee Chee, Director of National Cancer Centre in Singapore, said: "I'm sure the cost-saving from not having to treat tobacco-related illnesses will more than counterbalance the impact of the economy from the tobacco industry.
"The infringement of individual rights, my read on it is that tobacco in some ways does a lot more harm than other things which we have banned... the community has to decide to balance individual rights versus public good."
Even though tobacco usage in Singapore is one of the lowest in the world - some 13 percent - 90 percent of lung cancer in Singapore is related to tobacco use.
And it costs Singapore some $600 million to $800 million a year to treat tobacco-related illnesses..
Lung cancer claims nearly three Singaporeans daily.
The death toll is the highest compared to any other cancer, including breast and colon cancers.
And research has shown, tobacco is the most important preventable cause of lung cancer.
Up to 500 million people in the next 50 years will potentially die of tobacco-related illnesses.
This is despite smokers being 20 times more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers.
Second-hand smokers are not entirely spared - they make up 29 percent of lung cancer patients. - CNA/de
Copyright © 2005 MCN International Pte Ltd
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hmm.. bad news for smokers...

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10 years is long enough for them to quit...

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I support this. It's high time that tobacco be banned.
In fact
Is it tobacco anymore?

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hmm , it is so profitable to the goverment.They really gonna ban it ? I doubt so.

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I wonder why money is always first on smoker's minds? The problems that smoking is causing is enough to precede money in the gahment's mind.
Even I would love to see smoking banned, don't have to worry about stinky people on the bus or at the bus stop.

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Really ma???
I don't believe this will really take place!!!
The money is Good!!!

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haha ,but after the ban , i think the withdrawal symptons gonna be very bad right ?

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orbi good....
next time i can club and come home with smoke-free hair... haha...

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got smoke no smoke also doesn't matter~
i can switch to chew gum..... frm the neighbours tat's~ wahaha!

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they now banning smoking in clubs n coffeeshop liao wat... as long as u dun go into the "yellow box" ot go near them can liao

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believe it or not.. seeing others smoking and smelling smoke is part of my life.. although i dun smoke.. feels wierd without them... haha..
anyway the tax for cig is damn gd... national GDP will drop without tobacco tax so i tink it will be bad for the economy..

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oh yea!
that's good news
ban please!

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wah den there would be a black market for ciggs...
hohoho....
can earn alot leh......

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Totally agree with you.... the tax is so high, if the government were to ban tobacco they will lose out a lot income via tax from the import of tobacco. Although banning smoking is good for the health of people in singapore however smoking is more of an individual choice, if a person choose to smoke it's his choice. As you can see from the effects of increasing the prices of ciggrates, people will still smoke although they know it's expensive. If the government ban tobacco people MAY find other means to get their hands on ciggrates.

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GOOD!
butt those smokers will find other ways to do it ba....hMmm...
agreed wif angelQ that nxt time [if it happens] clubbing wont have smoking stinks on hair le...no need wash liked siao!
cheers.....

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SUPER GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by the time im 26 and i will club / pub with no smokey smell !!! YAY!!! 3 BIG CHEERS
ORBEEEEEEEEEEE

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lol people will still smoke smuggled cigs -_-
But then again, by 26 I think I wouldn't be interested in clubbing anymore, let alone if I get to 28.

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maybe got age limit??? later the older ones cannot lvie with smoke, will die one... this is serious...