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I applaud the recently announced move to try to curb smoking ( ). This hard approach may, however, cause resentment in smokers, who may think that the Government is milking them to raise $100 million in additional revenue a year. Smokers will quit if they are personally convinced that the habit is harmful. This requires greater public awareness, especially about the harm that second-hand smoke causes to their loved ones. I am 50 and was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour, along with cancer in my lungs, spine, bone and liver. I have always been healthy. In the past three or four years, I was running two or three times a week, for about 30 minutes each time. And I have never smoked in my life. My oncologist said I match the profile of a typical second-hand smoke victim – my parents and two elder brothers all smoked, and I lived with them till I was 30. I got lung cancer that spread to my brain and body. My illness caught my smoker friends’ attention, and made them consider quitting the habit. I don’t want my friends to say: “Hee, get well soon.” I’d rather hear: “Hee, I’ve quit smoking.” Please use both the carrot and the stick to reduce smoking.