Govt spent RM2.8 million helping 9,222 smokers quit last year


The government hopes to convince more Malaysians to quit cigarettes, which is expected to cost the country RM7.4 billion in treatments for illnesses caused by smoking, such as lung cancer and coronary heart problems, by 2025. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 30, 2020.

THE government spent RM2.8 million on smoking cessation aid for 9,222 smokers last year, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba.


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