Quit Smoking For Your Health And The Planet

Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Consultant Respiratory Physician | Dr Nizam Baharom, Public Health Medicine Specialist, Senior Medical Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)

31-May-22 18:00

Quit Smoking For Your Health And The Planet

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It's World No Tobacco Day, so we look at where we are with the tobacco endgame in our country - have the anti-smoking campaigns worked? And then we explore this year's theme, which examines the environmental impact of tobacco from cultivation to consumption.

Image Source: Possessed Photography, Unsplash

Produced by: Natasha Fusil

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories: environment, wellness, health policy

Tags: endgame, world no tobacco day, smoking, cigarettes, vaping, nicotine, tobacco, ministry of health, us-china tensions, khairy jamaluddin,

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