Malaysia Scaling New Heights in anti-smoking Fight
MALAYSIA is on the verge of becoming the leading anti-smoking encouragement role model for the Asian region. The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) gave this assurance at the recent Regional Workshop on Tobacco Control and Sustainable Development organized by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance.
Malaysia understands the harmful effects of tobacco use not only on smokers but also on the public. The country has taken seriously the World Health Organization’s findings that two people die each minute from tobacco-related diseases in the Western Pacific region.
Quite alarming is the fact that a third — or 430 million — of the world’s total smokers are found in the region. Malaysia is complying with the three-pronged measures of phasing out tobacco growing, increasing tobacco tax and restricting smoking in public areas.
In its efforts to phase out tobacco growth, the country has introduces alternate crops like kenaf, jatropa and sweet potato and rearing of sheep, goats, cattle and fish.
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