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Cigarette Ban For People Born After 2005

32 mins·18:00, 28 Jan 2022
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Cigarette Ban For People Born After 2005

32 mins
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18:00, 28 Jan 2022
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Guest: Dr Zarihah Mohd Zain, Medical Director, Malaysian Women's Action for Tobacco Control and Health (MyWATCH), Dr Lee Boon Chye, MP for Gopeng and Former Deputy Minister of Health

The government has announced plans to ban cigarettes and tobacco products to people born after 2005. First, we get into how this will impact us as a society, and whether it'll aid with smoking cessation. Then, we discuss how this will eat into our sin tax.

Image Source: TY Lim, Shutterstock

Presenter: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn

Producer: Jeremy Ng, Natasha Fusil, Celine Low

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