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HEALTH
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n
Malaysia alone, statistics show
10,000 fatalities directly linked to to-
bacco consumption. The addiction
has crippled over 30% of smokers
above the age of 30 with a monu-
mental 40 types of diseases that
include heart and cancer related
diagnosis. And yet with these shocking
facts, every day over 50 teenagers below
the age of 18 pick up this habit. This in
turn generates up to 100,000 heavy smok-
ers, according to worldwide analysis. KPJ
Healthcare has been aware of the various
health risks associated with tobacco and
has played many pivotal roles in curbing
this ‘disease’.
Tobacco consumption has become
ThedayMay31 iswhen theworldcelebrates “WorldNoTobaccoDay”.TheWorldHealth
Organisation(WHO), startedthis initiativetohighlight thehealthrisksassociatedwiththis
pungent, repulsive and not tomention expensive habit. KPJ Healthcare has been aware
of the various health risks associatedwith tobacco and has playedmany pivotal roles in
curbingthis ‘disease’.
KPJAmpangPuteriSpecialistHospital
hassupportedtheMalaysian
Government’s initiative of introducing therapy for smokers by conducting a Nicotine
ReplacementTherapy (NRT) programme for thosewhowish to curb their addiction.
Don’t Push Your Life Away:
Say No to Tobacco
such a norm in most societies and most
youngins have this blurred idea that
smoking is cool. No one even bats an
eye when an 18-year-old pulls out a
cigarette and starts puffing. Where have
we gone wrong? It is well known that
cigarette smoking causes an array of
diseases. Since primary school, children
are smacked with gruesome images
showcasing the various side effects of
this habit and yet the message has still
not come across. Smokers are well aware
of the various diseases associated with
smoking, as do the people surrounding
them. Yet the number of smokers are
increasing by the day. Even with the
government slowly increasing taxation
For enquiries or appointments:
KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist
Hospital
1 JalanMamanda 9
68000Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603 4270 2500
KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital
119, Jalan SS 20/10
Damansara Kim, Petaling Jaya,
Selangor
Tel: +603-7718 1000
KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital
Jalan Singa 20/1
Seksyen 20, Shah Alam, Selangor
Tel: +603-5543 1111
KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital
Lot 6219&6220, Jalan Toman 1,
Kemayan Square 70200
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Tel: +606-767 7800
KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital
39-B, Jalan Abdul Samad,
80100 Johor Bahru, Johor.
Tel: +607-225 3000
on cigarettes, its efforts have yet to curb
this vicious problem.
Tobacco kills almost six million people
globally, each year. More than five million
of those deaths are a result of direct
tobacco use while the remaining are from
secondhand smoke consumption. There is