Nearly half of all men in Malaysia are smokers. Previous public health efforts have had little effect on lowering rates. They’re now calling for an anti-tobacco policy that would phase out smoking by banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born in 2007 onward. The World’s Patrick Winn speaks with the director of a Malaysia health policy institute about the effort.
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