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Ban on 14-stick packet of cigarettes mid next year 

Jump to full article: Daily Express (my), 2009-09-27

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The 14-stick packet of cigarettes will be taken off the shelves by the middle of next year.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the implementation date for the ban had not been decided but he hoped it would coincide with the World Tobacco Day on May 31.

He said the ban is to further deter Malaysians, especially the young, from picking up the smoking habit.

The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2006 revealed that three million Malaysians are smokers and about 450,000 are aged between 13 and 18.

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