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Date: Sep 15, 2007

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Photo: Lao monk smoking in public Laos has made an anti-tobacco draft law, intensified propaganda on smoking's harmful effects, and expanded non-smoking areas, aiming to reduce smokers in the country. The Lao Health Ministry is making an anti-tobacco draft law, an important step in controlling smoking in the country, Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Friday. The country has also launched a campaign on propagandizing harmful effects of smoking on mass media and tobacco packages, and implemented a program on expanded non-smoking workplaces. According to a survey conducted by the ministry in 2005, smokers, of whom 66.7 percent were males, accounted for 40.3 percent of Laos' population. Source: Xinhua __________________ Make yourself visible, signup at samakomlao webboard. HERE

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Date: Sep 15, 2007

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It's not cool to smoke, you kill yourself slowly but surely. Don't start, you won't be able to stop. __________________

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