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MONDAY, JULY 9, 1984

+CIGARETTE IMPORTS FELL BY 37 PER CENT, FROM 5.6 MILLION KILOGRAMS IN 1982 TO 3.5 MILLION KILOGRAMS IN 1983, AND LOCALLY MANUFACTURED CIGARETTES FELL BY 23 PER CENT FROM 2.1 MILLION KILOGRAMS IN 1982 TO 1.6 MILLION KILOGRAMS IN 1983.

+LET US HOPE THAT THESE TRENDS CONTINUE. DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO, HE SAID.

WE MUST CERTAINLY

HOWEVER, HE FELT THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT SMOKING SHOULD NOT BE MEASURED ONLY IN KILOGRAMS AND PERCENTAGES, +BUT BY THE LIVES SAVED FROM LUNG CANCER, HEART DISEASE AND BRONCHITIS, BY FREE ING HOSPITAL BEDS, BY SAVING IN VALUABLE MEDICAL RESOURCES, BY LESS DISEASE, LESS DIRT AND LESS DISTRESS, AND BY A TRULY HEALTHIER SOCIETY, HE SAID.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THIS MORNING'S CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 1983-84 ANTI-SMOKING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR GEOFFREY BARNES AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN. THEY INCLUDED MR HENRY CHING, SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE; MISS CHEUNG MAN-YEE, ACTING DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES: DR RUDY KHOO, ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES: MR STUART WILKINSON, DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING; MR ADOLF HSU, ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES) MR ALBERT LAM, ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON) AND MR JOHN WINFIELD, ACTING SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

IN HIS ADDRESS, MR BARNES EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE PRESENTATION OF THE CERTIFICATES WOULD BECOME A REGULAR FEATURE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY'S MEASURES AGAINST SMOKING.

HE SAID THAT THOUGH THE 1983-84 MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN HAD ENDED, IT DID NOT MEAN ANY LESSENING OF GOVERNMENT'S RESOLVE IN PURSUING ITS ANTI-SMOKING POLICIES.

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+THERE WILL BE OTHER MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS IN THE FUTURE, AND IN BETWEEN THESE, NORMAL ANTI-SMOKING PUBLICITY WILL CONTINUE, + HE SAID, ADDING THAT TIGHTER CONTROLS COULD BE EXPECTED IN FUTURE.

THE ANTI-SMOKING HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

IT SHOWS A WIDE RANGE OF MATERIALS, GRAPHS AND CHARTS

THE DISPLAY DEPICTING THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF CIGARETTE SMOK ING. WILL BE OPEN DAILY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM UNTIL WEDNESDAY (JULY 11).

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