• Tobacco profits, healthcare costs do not add up
  • Roshan Jason
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  • The amount of money the government receives from the manufacturing and sale of tobacco in Malaysia is negligible when compared to the huge amount of resources spent on treating the consequences of smoking among smokers and second-hand smoke victims.
    • Ministry: 10-pack ban deferred to protect tobacco farmers
    • Decision to put off ban on small cigarette packs flayed
    • Tobacco Control Convention comes into force tomorrow
    • Tobacco expo: Gov't placing money above public health claim
    • Youth group wants tobacco industry event axed
    • Green group out to stop KL tobacco congress
    • Hike in tax on cigarettes unproductive, say MPs
    • WHO: Ban tobacco from Asean free-trade pact
    • WHO: Curb smoking despite Asean free trade pact
    • Cheap fags back on the shelves in Sarawak
    • Gov't to restructure tobacco industry: report
    • Groups want govt to uphold its own anti-tobacco directive
    • Documents show tobacco firms target the young
    • No empirical evidence
    • Rich-poor gap widens