Helping men to quit smoking
Smoking accounts for one in every five death in Malaysia • About 20,000 Malaysian die each year as a result of smoking. • These number will be increase to 30,000 by the year 2030. • Today , there are about five million or 22.8 % smokers (aged 15 year old and above) in Malaysia, each consumption an a...
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/78479/1/78479_Helping%20Men%20to%20Quit%20Smoking_complete.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/78479/ |
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| Summary: | Smoking accounts for one in every five death in Malaysia • About 20,000 Malaysian die each year as a result of smoking. • These number will be increase to 30,000 by the year 2030. • Today , there are about five million or 22.8 % smokers (aged 15 year old and above) in Malaysia, each consumption an average of 14 cigarettes per day.(NHMS 2016) • 4 out 10 or 7.6 million adults are exposed to secondhand smoke inside their houses, 4 of 10 or 2.3 million adults at workplaces, and 7 out 10 or 8.6 million adults at public places like restaurants. • 600,000 people die every year from exposure to secondhand or passive smoking.(WHO) |
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