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Negative Impact Of Smoking Calls For Stringent Measures 

Smoking is a serious threat to the community and the impact on the public's health was sufficient for the government to take stringent measures in order to safeguard their health and lives.

Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila Diraja Dato Paduka Hj Hazair Hj Abdullah, acting minister of health was speaking during the launching of posters and no smoking signs to ministries and various departments within the government at Rizqun International Hotel in Gadong, yesterday said that the habit of smoking and the use of tobacco products have been known to lead to various negative effects on health and among the more common diseases known to have been caused by the habit is heart failure, cancer, strokes, asthma and respiratory failure.

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