Jump to full article: NSTP e-Media (my), 2008-05-22
Author: Annie Freeda Cruezanniefc
Intro: Deputy Health director-general Datuk Dr Ramlee Rahmat said many underestimated the risk attached to smoking.
He said smokers had the right to be warned about the dangers of cigarettes, just like other people who use hazardous consumer products.
"Well-designed and prominent pictorial warnings on cigarette packs and packages have been shown to increase public awareness of the hazards and provide meaningful information to tobacco users in the most cost-effective manner."
Dr Ramlee was speaking at the regional meeting on the implementation of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Article 11 (tobacco packaging and labelling). "Malaysia is in the advanced stages of amending the Control of Tobacco Products Regulations 2004, making it obligatory for cigarettes sold in Malaysia to carry graphic health warnings."
He said the target date for implementation was December
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