A GRAPHIC, 30-second advertisement showing a surgeon preparing to amputate a gangrenous foot is the latest weapon in the battle to make smokers quit.
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The advertisement, which will be launched on national television tonight, seeks to revive the element of shock in the campaign by […]

Over 23,000 people die each year from smoking related illness in Australia. That means, the cigarette and tobacco companies lose over 23,000 customers a year. Research from the national drug strategy states that tobacco abuse costs Australia (as of April 2003) 21 Billion Dollars in health care, business and other social related costs. Passive smoking (non smokers exposed to smokers smoking) kills over 200 Australians per year, half of them - children. These figures are frightening.