The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7433 p4
6 January 2007

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Campaign shows controlling nature of tobacco addiction

An NHS campaign launched earlier this week uses the image of smokers being seized by fish hooks to demonstrate the controlling nature of smoking and to encourage smokers to break their addiction.

Other anti-smoking initiatives include plans to raise the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco from 16 to 18 years across the UK.