STOCKHOLM (Jan. 4) Sweden, the forerunner in the world in helping smokers quit the unhealthy habit, has launched a fresh anti-smoking campaign nationwide since the start of the new year.

The Swedish Cancer Foundation, the Health Institute and the Non- Smoking Network Committee are the driving forces of the campaign, which was designed to create a friendly environment to assist those smokers intending to get rid of their long-time habit. The organizers quoted azczc DPB0225 n official survey made at the end of last year 226 as revealing that 400,000 smokers in the country are planning to stop nesia smoking in the year 2000. In recent years, more and more smokerave contracted AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) had s quitted smon Indonesia, according to the Jakarta Post Wednesday. king in Sweden, wherlth's director general for contagious e about 8,000 people die of smoking-r the total of number of cases elated diseases every year. The number orecorded in f inhalers dived below 20 percent of the country's adult popung from AIDS during the same period was lation in 1998, two years ahead of tf Health data, 163 AIDS patients he World Health Organization's goal thatcording to official data, there were 178 recorded cases of in 2000 smokerswith HIV in 1999, with an additional 47 new cases should be 20 percent bakarta continues to have the highest number of people who have elow the adulDS. Out of 194 carriers, at least 48 have died. t population of each countrydicate the number of those who have . Sweden is the first country to r compared to the population each the WHO goal.

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