5) what the goverment should do to overcome this problem ?
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Anti-Smoking Campaign at Malaysian?
As a smoker, I have always thought about the damages done by smoking . Even as a smoker, I too support the government's move to discourage smoking among Malaysians.
As a smoker, I perfectly understand how smokers feel and think. The act of imposing higher Tax on ciggarettes can be considered as nonsense. I feel like smokers everywhere are being exploited by this act. Do you know how addicts feel? The ever increasing cost of ciggarettes is not going to stop their smoking habits. People will continue to smoke anyway. This upsets me most because Middle and low income families will be greatly affected, especially if their breadwinner is a smoke addict who will not stop at anything just for another puff.
The way 'they' think : "People are going to smoke anyway, why not make an extra profit out of it, plus, we can cover it up as an anti-smoking campaign". Thus my opinion that smokers are being exploited.
This is my single opinion on the act of increasing the tax imposed on ciggarettes. However, I think if the government is really serious about stopping Malaysians from smoking, they should make smoking illegal. Don't worry, Malaysians won't die if they don't smoke. But, they will if they have to cope with the price of today's ciggarettes.
Making smoking illegal would be an extreme step to take. I for one, haven't been able to completely analyse the consequenses if this step is taken. Hmm... Riots? Nah.. Unemplyoment? I'm sure there are many other better jobs than working in a ciggarette factory. Plus, it is not entirely impossible to provide an alternative industry for these guys.
If smoking is BAD, then why can't we make it illegal? Just as we did to other drugs. If not, let's not make anymore profits out of it. Agree?
Remember, I am a smoker. The Price is Ridiculously-Ridiculous. Guess I won't stop smoking till it's illegal, because I am a smoker, not a criminal. ^_^
The government plays an extremely crucial in determining whether the majority of the people of a nation smoke or not. The government should organize and promote more quit smoking campaign and awareness to educate the people about the what it really means to contract various cancer due to smoking.
Celebrities should be endorse and also participate in these campaigns to attract more people to know and fight against the alarming increase rate of people smoking. The government should also sponsor some medical aid to people who sincerely want to quit smoking.
Teaches, coaches, and people involved in the education field should educate students and athletes about the detrimental effects of smoking. Advertisements of all forms related to smoking should be banned by all government. As people in this world become more educated and third world countries become more civilized, the rate and number of people smoking on this planet will decrease.
Cigarettes manufacturers are banned from using words such as “lights”, “ultra lights”, “low tar” or “mild” on their packaging.
Promotion sales of cigarettes are also disallowed and, as such, display of words like “promotion”, “promo”, “discounts” and “limited edition”, are prohibited.
Sale of cigarettes with other items, such as lighters, is also banned.
Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said this following the amendments to the Control of Tobacco Products Regulations 2004, approved by the Cabinet in January.
He said the number of smokers went down by only 2% after the introduction of the Tak Nak campaign in 2004, a situation he described as unsatisfactory.
“This is one of our measures to bring the figure down and we are also looking at other methods, including increasing cigarette prices,” he said after launching the National Celebration of World No Tobacco Day 2008 here yesterday.
Tobacco companies have six months to get rid of old stock that did not meet the new requirements.
“By Dec 1, all cigarette boxes must also carry pictorial health warnings, which will occupy 40% of the front display panel and 60% of the back.
“According to the third National Health and Morbidity Survey (2006), 2.73 million people are smokers, who puff away 33 million sticks daily,” he said, adding that the group spends RM8.59mil daily on the habit.
In George Town, CAP called on the Federal Government to raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21 in a bid to reduce smoking among teenagers.
The government plays an extremely crucial in determining whether the majority of the people of a nation smoke or not. The government should organize and promote more quit smoking campaign and awareness to educate the people about the what it really means to contract various cancer due to smoking. Taking as a given on utilitarian grounds that human liberty is a good thing, the answer to the question whether government should prohibit certain conduct, and thereby restrict liberty, on any grounds other than its consequences is not a difficult one. Government should prohibit conduct only to produce beneficial consequences sufficient to overcome the resulting loss of liberty. This answer presents a problem because consequences yielding a net benefit for some people may not yield the same result for others, at least not immediately; utilitarianism, it is said, is not sufficiently respectful of the individual. (3) To some extent, however, that problem is a necessary and inevitable consequence of any system of law; "immediately beneficial for every individual" does not provide a workable test for determining what constitutes permissible government action. Almost every change in the law makes...
1) to know types of drugs 2) to know how drugs affects our health
Question :
1) is smoking dangerous to our health? 2) how does smoking affecting our health ? 3) how does smoking affecting secondary smoker? 4) how to reduce addiction of smoking? 5) what the goverment should do to overcome this problem ?
4 comments:
Anti-Smoking Campaign at Malaysian?
As a smoker, I have always thought about the damages done by smoking . Even as a smoker, I too support the government's move to discourage smoking among Malaysians.
As a smoker, I perfectly understand how smokers feel and think. The act of imposing higher Tax on ciggarettes can be considered as nonsense. I feel like smokers everywhere are being exploited by this act. Do you know how addicts feel? The ever increasing cost of ciggarettes is not going to stop their smoking habits. People will continue to smoke anyway. This upsets me most because Middle and low income families will be greatly affected, especially if their breadwinner is a smoke addict who will not stop at anything just for another puff.
The way 'they' think : "People are going to smoke anyway, why not make an extra profit out of it, plus, we can cover it up as an anti-smoking campaign". Thus my opinion that smokers are being exploited.
This is my single opinion on the act of increasing the tax imposed on ciggarettes. However, I think if the government is really serious about stopping Malaysians from smoking, they should make smoking illegal. Don't worry, Malaysians won't die if they don't smoke. But, they will if they have to cope with the price of today's ciggarettes.
Making smoking illegal would be an extreme step to take. I for one, haven't been able to completely analyse the consequenses if this step is taken. Hmm... Riots? Nah.. Unemplyoment? I'm sure there are many other better jobs than working in a ciggarette factory. Plus, it is not entirely impossible to provide an alternative industry for these guys.
If smoking is BAD, then why can't we make it illegal? Just as we did to other drugs. If not, let's not make anymore profits out of it. Agree?
Remember, I am a smoker. The Price is Ridiculously-Ridiculous. Guess I won't stop smoking till it's illegal, because I am a smoker, not a criminal. ^_^
The government plays an extremely crucial in determining whether the majority of the people of a nation smoke or not. The government should organize and promote more quit smoking campaign and awareness to educate the people about the what it really means to contract various cancer due to smoking.
Celebrities should be endorse and also participate in these campaigns to attract more people to know and fight against the alarming increase rate of people smoking. The government should also sponsor some medical aid to people who sincerely want to quit smoking.
Teaches, coaches, and people involved in the education field should educate students and athletes about the detrimental effects of smoking. Advertisements of all forms related to smoking should be banned by all government. As people in this world become more educated and third world countries become more civilized, the rate and number of people smoking on this planet will decrease.
Cigarettes manufacturers are banned from using words such as “lights”, “ultra lights”, “low tar” or “mild” on their packaging.
Promotion sales of cigarettes are also disallowed and, as such, display of words like “promotion”, “promo”, “discounts” and “limited edition”, are prohibited.
Sale of cigarettes with other items, such as lighters, is also banned.
Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said this following the amendments to the Control of Tobacco Products Regulations 2004, approved by the Cabinet in January.
He said the number of smokers went down by only 2% after the introduction of the Tak Nak campaign in 2004, a situation he described as unsatisfactory.
“This is one of our measures to bring the figure down and we are also looking at other methods, including increasing cigarette prices,” he said after launching the National Celebration of World No Tobacco Day 2008 here yesterday.
Tobacco companies have six months to get rid of old stock that did not meet the new requirements.
“By Dec 1, all cigarette boxes must also carry pictorial health warnings, which will occupy 40% of the front display panel and 60% of the back.
“According to the third National Health and Morbidity Survey (2006), 2.73 million people are smokers, who puff away 33 million sticks daily,” he said, adding that the group spends RM8.59mil daily on the habit.
In George Town, CAP called on the Federal Government to raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21 in a bid to reduce smoking among teenagers.
The government plays an extremely crucial in determining whether the majority of the
people of a nation smoke or not. The government should organize and promote more
quit smoking campaign and awareness to educate the people about the what it really
means to contract various cancer due to smoking.
Taking as a given on utilitarian grounds that human liberty is a good thing, the answer to the question whether government should prohibit certain conduct, and thereby restrict liberty, on any grounds other than its consequences is not a difficult one. Government should prohibit conduct only to produce beneficial consequences sufficient to overcome the resulting loss of liberty. This answer presents a problem because consequences yielding a net benefit for some people may not yield the same result for others, at least not immediately; utilitarianism, it is said, is not sufficiently respectful of the individual. (3) To some extent, however, that problem is a necessary and inevitable consequence of any system of law; "immediately beneficial for every individual" does not provide a workable test for determining what constitutes permissible government action. Almost every change in the law makes...
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