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“Cigarettes remain the only legal product that kills half of its regular users when consumed as intended by the manufacturer. Tobacco is deadly in any form or disguise, whether cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, shishas and so on,” says Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control Prof Datuk Dr Lekhraj Rampal. While most developed countries have put a target of less than 5% smoking prevalence by 2025, Malaysia’s target is a dismal number – less than 15% by 2025 and less than 5% in 2040, says Dr Lekhraj, addressing the aims outlined in the National Strategic Plan on Tobacco Control 2021-2030.

The Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations’ Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah is very supportive of introducing stringent laws against tobacco use in Malaysia. “Most adult smokers started smoking as teens. Protecting children from becoming smokers is the easiest way to reduce smoking within the population,” Muhammad Sha’ani says.

One of the often touted reasons against a tobacco ban is loss of tobacco tax, but in truth the total healthcare cost to manage and treat diseases resulting from exposure to tobacco smoke is many times over the tax revenue generated from tobacco, says Muhammad Sha’ani.

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