10 March 2023
This proposed tax will on the one hand inadvertently legalise e-cigarettes and vapes, but simultaneously make such products less affordable and hopefully less available to young people.
Tag: non-communicable disease (NCD)
3 March 2023
Malaysia is set to experience a “very high” increase in adult and child obesity rates, warns World Obesity Atlas 2023. The report projects an economic impact on GDP of 2.8% or USD20 billion by 2035.
14 December 2022
“Diabetes doesn’t make you feel sick. You don’t feel like you’re going to die, you know? You don’t feel like you need medical help,” says Yeoh Phek Chin, a 47-year-old type 2 diabetic patient. “Until something drastic happens.”