The uk's public health authorities think New Year's pledges are a good means to curb down smoking. They have ushered in the New Year with an anti-smoking ad which shows smokers being

violently seized by a fish-hook and dragged to their traditional smoking spots. The five-week campaign, which will be shown on tv, internet and billboards, comes seven months before a public

smoking ban starts in England. The uk's public Health Minister Caroline Flint said "We know that many smokers will be considering stopping smoking in January as part of their New Year

resolutions and in advance of the smoke-free legislation being implemented on July 1, 2007." She added, the adverts, "also include details of how to contact the uk's National Health