Govt urged to reconsider smoking zone proposal thesundaily DrZainalAriffinOmar smokingzones decree zuraidakamaruddin
The government has been urged to review its proposal to set up special smoking zones in public places, estimated to cost RM1 million, and instead used the allocation for smokers’ rehabilitation programmes or treatment for diseases caused by smoking.
Malaysian Public Health Medicine Specialist Association president Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar said such designated zones were not necessary as smokers were restricted from lighting up at only 23 gazetted areas, such as eateries, air conditioned shops, hospitals and government premises. He said smoking zones in public places such as the ones provided by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council will give an impression of ‘re-normalisation’, especially among youths that smoking is acceptable by society.
“This is not in line with Malaysia’s goal to be a smoke-free nation by 2045,” Zainal Arrifin, representing 56 professional bodies and non-governmental organisations such as the Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control and the National Cancer Society of Malaysia, told a media conference here today.Zainal Ariffin said it was a well known fact that smoking was a bad habit, one that even religious authorities have acknowledged after issuing a decree in 1996 that smoking was haram for Muslims.
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