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Asian smokers

The government is to launch a national stop smoking drive next month in England and some local authorities are targeting members of the Asian community in a bid to get them to give up for good. The percentage of Asian men smoking is higher than any other ethnic group in England. Bangladeshi men being the worst offenders. Now Tower Hamlets Council in east London is trying to get them to give up the habit through it's culturally sensitive programme. Our reporter Ushma Mistry went along to find out more.

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