Malaysia: did the tobacco industry collaborate with media to defeat tax increase?

• Main Author: Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021
• Subjects: H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/88072/2/Malaysia_%20did%20the%20tobacco%20industry%20collaborate%20with%20media%20to%20defeat%20tax%20increase_%20_%20Blog%20-%20Tobacco%20Control.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/88072/; https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2021/01/26/malaysia-did-the-tobacco-industry-collaborate-with-media-to-defeat-tax-increase/

It has been five years since Malaysia last had a tobacco tax increase. The 2021 budget, announced in November 2020, was an opportunity to correct this shortcoming and use one of the most cost-effective measures available to governments to reduce smoking. Instead, tobacco taxes remained static for th...