• RM20 billion to treat tobacco-related diseases each year
  • Claudia Theophilus
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  • special report Malaysia spends a staggering average of RM20 billion each year, almost tenfold the tax revenue collected from the tobacco industry, to treat tobacco-related diseases, a local anti-tobacco advocacy group said.
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