
Cost of health treatment far exceeds excise duty for ciggies
Gov't spends around RM16b annually to treat patients with diseases caused by smoking.

Gov't spends around RM16b annually to treat patients with diseases caused by smoking.

Dr Lee Boon Chye says that the department will be the seventh of its kind in the country.

It has been a practice to select members from targeted communities, including transpersons.

UPDATED 6.15PM | PARLIAMENT | Putrajaya will table an amendment to Poison Act 1952, says deputy health minister.

Lee says his ministry will do a recall if products sold domestically are also contaminated by bacteria.

Deputy health minister says outlets that fail to do so will face summonses.


Dr Lee Boon Chye says it will benefit 800,000 BSH recipients aged 50 and above.

No more counselling and only fines for smokers who light up in eateries from July.