KUALA LUMPUR: There is a voice prosthesis in Shamsul Rizal Ramli’s throat in place of his voice box, the organ involved in producing sound, swallowing and breathing.
“I was using another device called the electrolarynx that is less likely to spoil and does not need to be changed so often, but you sound like a robot. With a prosthesis, you sound more human,” the father of three said. While the Bill is backed by health-based advocates and groups, the tobacco industry is attempting to push back.
Unsurprisingly, the Bill received huge support from health advocacy groups, with 43 associations led by the National Cancer Society of Malaysia saying that the law is a breath of fresh air to solve the social, health and economic problems caused by smoking.NCSM president Saunthari Somasundaram told CNA that tobacco is linked to at least 15 different types of cancer.
Mr Khairy said in a Twitter video that the country had to spend RM6.2 billion in 2020 to treat three diseases caused by smoking – lung cancer, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .Mr Khairy also said that the tax collected from the tobacco industry yearly was about RM3 billion. “I learned it the hard way. I almost died because the cancer had become big and almost covered my respiratory tract,” he said.
Individuals guilty of subsequent similar offences can be fined up to RM30,000 or given a jail term of not more than two years, or both.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Please implement it in SG.
就算有分歧也要看看哪一方的支持率高。
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