Hilmi: Raising cigarette prices one way to deter smokers


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 28 Mar 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: Raising cigarette prices to RM21.50 a packet is among the measures to be taken to reduce the number of smokers in the country.

Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya acknowledged that the Government's anti-smoking campaigns have so far failed to deter Malaysians from smoking.

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