Deputy Health Minister says 12,400 smokers quit the habit under mQuit programme
Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye holding up a ‘No Smoking’ poster during a press conference in Ipoh March 8, 2019. ― Picture by Farhan Najib
“This is the figure we have for the year 2016 to 2017. We can assure that all of them have quit smoking after attending the programme,” he told a press conference after declaring YMCA Ipoh as a non-smoking area. “For example, some would have smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, but after attending the programme they manage to reduce it to one pack,” he said.
To date, Dr Lee said that the “mQuit” programme is offered at 731 health clinics, 46 government hospitals and 164 private facilities which have been granted accreditation.
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