[Photo] Health Ministry teams up to KEB Hana Bank to encourage smokers to quit

The Ministry of Health and Welfare has signed an agreement with KEB Hana Bank to provide former smokers with a savings account offering an interest rate of 3% if they can prove that they’ve quit smoking. The one-year savings account will be offered to former smokers starting Dec. 20. The account requires a daily deposit with a minimum of 1,000 won (US$.086) and a cap of 10,000 won (US$8.59). The bank will send people with the account a daily text to which subscribers are required to reply.