Hard end game to reach

Fraught with challenges: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin at the launch of the Generational End Game (GEG) Anti-Rokok 18 (Gegar-18) programme. The Health Ministry must take a more cautious approach if it wants to achieve its no-smoking target. — LOW BOON TAT/The Star

RECENTLY, the Health and Education ministries launched the Generational End Game (GEG) Anti-Rokok 18 (Gegar-18) programme to drum into schoolchildren the message about the health hazards of smoking.

The programme is part of the Health Ministry’s proposed move to ban the sale of tobacco products in Malaysia for those born from 2005, starting next year.