Cough campaign aims to help stop smoking

Posted January 30, 2011 12:13:00

The Federal Government has launched a new anti-smoking advertising campaign linking a smoker's cough to lung cancer.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon says in Australia smoking causes 84 per cent of new lung cancers in men and 77 per cent in woman.
The Government will introduce plain packaging for cigarettes later this year.
Ms Roxon says the new $61 million campaign should remind people about the dangers of smoking.
"The cough - starting with a

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