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Singapore's graphic anti-smoking TV ads are working - but now will be aired only at night following complaints that they're too disturbing for children, officials said Thursday.

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STONERS
March 29, 2007, 12:30 p.m.
In one of the government Health Promotion Board's ads, a sunken-eyed woman with cracked lips and brownish, deformed teeth appears under the headline: "Quitting is hard. Not quitting, is harder."
The board said the three-month campaign that began March 20 will continue, but the ads now will only be shown after 8 p.m local time and will be preceded by a message warning viewers of the graphic content.
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brothers
March 29, 2007, 5:34 p.m.
They should do the same in this country. Really show the worst in smoking cigarettes or any sort of tobacco product.