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Selling cigarettes in plain packets and banning smoking in hospital grounds have been announced as part of a plan to make Scotland tobacco-free by 2034.
The new tobacco control strategy was launched by Public Health Minister Michael Matheson on a visit to Carnegie College in Dunfermline.
It makes Scotland the third nation in the world to set a target to become tobacco-free by having less than 5% the population choosing to smoke.
The strategy hails anti-smoking projects in Tayside, including the controversial Quit4U initiative, where smokers in disadvantaged areas are given credit of ?12.50 a week towards their groceries if they stay off cigarettes,
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/health/new-plan-aims-to-make-scotland-tobacco-free-by-2034-1.80169
The new tobacco control strategy was launched by Public Health Minister Michael Matheson on a visit to Carnegie College in Dunfermline.
It makes Scotland the third nation in the world to set a target to become tobacco-free by having less than 5% the population choosing to smoke.
The strategy hails anti-smoking projects in Tayside, including the controversial Quit4U initiative, where smokers in disadvantaged areas are given credit of ?12.50 a week towards their groceries if they stay off cigarettes,
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/health/new-plan-aims-to-make-scotland-tobacco-free-by-2034-1.80169
