Tens of thousands of schoolkids are smokers

KUALA LUMPUR: Over 38,000 pupils were found to be smokers after the Health Ministry screened over 1.54 million secondary school children across the country, says Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

As for the 2.4 million primary school pupils screened, 374 were found to have picked up the habit, he said.