Health Ministry seeks to use funds from cigarette tax to help people quit smoking


KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is seeking the revenue from the tax on cigarettes to help people quit smoking, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

"We are in talks with the Finance Ministry to ensure that apart from the non-governmental organisations assisting us with counselling, revenue from cigarette tax should also be used to bear the cost of treatment of those seeking to quit smoking," said the Health Minister.

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