Nicotine free for all Malaysian


To improve the causes in the number of people who smoke and people with non-communicable diseases (NCD) as a result of the conduct of the Secretary of State for wellness these days, the supply stated at no cost cigarette with tobacco for people who want to stop using tobacco.

The Wellness Reverend Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the no cost cigarette with tobacco cigarettes by using more than 800 doctors and 135 medical centers belong.

The switch is specifically referred to in those who smoke, now risen to 20 per cent of the Malaysian population or about 5.6 million people to approach also prevent to improve the problem of the smuggling of cigarettes, now 40 percent of the market.

He said the costs cigarette with no tobacco is part of the ongoing national initiatives to fight with tobacco through strategies that are going antirokok service. Efforts will also include methods such as therapy, to 
ensure that people will not re-offend. This application is able to completely "I saw the movie General of Wellness (Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman), so if the people who come to govt medical centers and doctors to motivate them to reduce the use of tobacco dependence cause smoke. Requested "to all those who smoke, and we hope that they take advantage of this opportunity. These efforts to reduce NCD same time they help with tobacco addiction, to reduce the next station, "he said after the onset of harmful fat tuesday at the K Club parliament Gombak, Taman Melawati here these days.

He said the switch was also intended to address the rising trend of NCDs such as blood pressure and aerobic effects the addiction. Smokers who are interested should for these programs before receiving cigarette with tobacco alternative medicines by / tablets also to therapy of course, until they are completely free of tobacco use, are fully register. Normally cigarette with tobacco alternative therapy use, those who smoke cigarettes, with tobacco substitute a period of three months before serving with tobacco cigarette is reduced until the person has a holding force of addiction are given. govt had the ones that motivate physicians to give up smoking with tobacco-use treatment, including some selected health.

Medicinal cure that those who seek, requires smoke their own money "nicotine replacement" by drugs / tablets, chewing gum was cigarettes with tobacco, stick to apply or taken, not well received. When asked after the rendering of health care treatment 1Care as in the media recently revealed, he said, 'blueprint' structure is still on the disk ministries and expected to be completed end of 2013