No-smoking measures are becoming a worldwide trend, says KJ

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The former health minister says smoking costs the country RM6 billion a year and this is a huge burden for the taxpayers.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/10/07/no-smoking-measures-are-becoming-a-worldwide-trend-says-kj/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NoSmoking #WorldWideTrend #KhairyJamaluddin

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00:00 New Zealand has done it, the UK will do it too.

00:03 I understand that other countries are also seriously considering it.

00:07 Singapore is also looking at the development.

00:10 For me, this will be a global trend, a global development.

00:15 More than that, it will be a norm for the society around the world.

00:20 It will be a societal norm.

00:23 Former Health Minister Khari Jama Ludin said

00:26 that anti-smoking measures are becoming a worldwide trend

00:30 as the global community is recognising the negative health effects

00:33 linked to smoking and tobacco use.

00:35 Khari, who previously tabled the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill

00:41 under the Health Ministry's Generational Endgame Policy,

00:44 was responding to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's latest proposal

00:48 to phase out smoking by 2040.

00:50 Sunak had proposed a bill to raise the smoking age by one year every year.

00:56 Defending Malaysia's bill, Khari said that prohibiting smoking

00:59 does not restrict people's freedom

01:01 as the health and scientific community had recognised

01:04 the individual and societal harm caused by the habit.

01:07 He also said smoking adversely affects the health of individuals close to smokers

01:13 and is proven to be more hazardous than other addictions like alcohol and gambling.

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