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New 'shock campaign' to curb smoking  

SHOCKING pictures of corpses, dead babies, rotting teeth, cancerous lungs and the caption 'Smoking Kills' are to be displayed on all tobacco products in Bahrain and the GCC.

The shock tactics by the GCC Anti-Smoking Committee will be implemented within the next two years, says Health Ministry tobacco control unit co-ordinator Dr Kadhem Al Halwachi.

"The current warning 'smoking is a main cause of lung cancer, lung diseases and of heart and arteries diseases' is being ignored and the new warning would help the cause better," he said.

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