Over 43,000 secondary school students smoke cigarettes, says Health Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: A screening of 1.3 million secondary school students conducted by the Health Ministry through the Oral Health Tobacco-Free (KOTAK) programme last year found that 43,019 of them are smokers, says Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

The Deputy Health Minister said that during the same period, a screening of two million primary school pupils found 341 were also into the habit.