Use pragmatic approach in tobacco control

EVERY 20 minutes, one Malaysian dies from a disease related to smoking, such as cancer, stroke or heart disease. This results in over 27,200 smoking-related deaths annually, according to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019.

Prevalence of tobacco use remains high in Malaysia with over one in five of the population aged 15 and above smoking the substance. Nonetheless, it is on a slight downward trend with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.0%.