Egypt to launch stark anti-smoking campaign
Thursday, June 19, 2008
CAIRO, Egypt -- Offering a cigarette is as common as a handshake in Egypt, where the culture of smoking is so entrenched that patients sometimes light up in hospital rooms. But now the government is getting serious about the health risks, launching a new campaign of stark visual warnings about tobacco's dangers.
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