Malaysia Abridged SimSmoke model - towards achieving 2025 and 2045 smoking prevalence targets

• Main Authors: Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Ross, Hana, Bui, Wency Kher Thinng, Abdul Ghani, Judhiana, Hassan, Norayana, Baharom, Nizam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66128/1/2018092410404602_MJMHS_Oct_2018.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66128/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2018092410404602_MJMHS_Oct_2018.pdf

Introduction: In respond to the World Health Assembly global NCD target of 30% reduction in the prevalence of adult tobacco use by 2025, Malaysian government called for lowering its smoking prevalence to 15% by 2025. In addition, moving towards the endgame target of less than 5% smoking prevalence i...