The document discusses the potential impacts and implications of Malaysia's proposed Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill. It would prohibit the sale of cigarettes, tobacco, and vape products to anyone born after 2005. The bill is justified based on its positive impacts on public health, such as increased smoking cessation and reduced cancer burden. It may also benefit businesses and the economy by reducing costs. However, tobacco farming and cigarette production can negatively impact the environment through pollution, deforestation, and increased risk of fires. The document also briefly discusses alternative options to tobacco to help with smoking cessation.
2. What is the tobacco and Smoking
Control Bill?
The proposed Tobacco and Smoking Control law
contains clauses to prohibit the
sale of cigarettes, tobacco and
vape products to anyone born
after 2005.
4. Impact on public health
2 Increase of smoking cessation
past 12 month (52.3% - 56.4%)
Improve quitting
1 Prevalence of current smoker
reduced (22.8% - 21.3%)
Decline smoking trend
4 Noticed anti-smoke campaign (93%)
Quit after see photo (45%)
Create awareness
3
Reduce cancer burden
Plateau increment for lung cancer
cause of death (2.3% - 2.4%)
After NSPTC 2015-2020 implemented …
5. IMPACT ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
The costs of a complete
ban on smoking will be
lower than the costs of
policies that allow for
smoking in designated
areas
Reduced fire, accident,
and life insurance
premiums
Reduced cleaning and
maintenance costs
Increased business
from non-smokers
visiting more
frequently or staying
longer
Increased productivity
due to decreased
smoking breaks for
smoking employees
Reduced costs of
creating and
maintaining smoking
areas
6. IMPACT ON BIODIVERSITY
Aquatic lives
Nicotine is toxic for
aquatic lives when
they enter the
water bodies.
Soil Erosion
Tobacco farming
leeches off
nutrients to farm
other crops.
Microorganism
Cigarette contents can kill
bacteria disrupting the
balance in microbiomes
Deforestation
Trees are cut down to
make papers for the
cigarette rolls
7. IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT
LAND POLLUTION
Study - patterns of
hydrocarbon levels in the soil
were similar to those of littered
cigarette butts.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Contributes almost 84 million
tonnes of carbon dioxide-
equivalent emissions
DECREASE IN
RELEASED TOXIC
CHEMICALS
The air pollution emitted by
cigarettes is 10 times
greater than diesel car
exhaust
56% of the fires at waste
facilities between 2016-
2018 were reported to
have been caused by
batteries, mostly lithium-
ion ones.
SOIL & WATER
POLLUTION
Toxic chemicals in
the residues seep into
soils and waterways
Ex:Aldicarb
RISK OF FIRE
8. Other tobacco alternatives
1 2 3 4 5 6
Spray Gums Candys Pills Nicotine Patches
Nicotine nasal
spray to reduce
craving
Give mouth
something to do
to avoid tobacco
craving
Lozenges and
mint can help
fight intense
craving
Prescribed non-
nicotine non-
smoking
medication
Nicotine
replacement
products over the
counter
Nicotine patches
provides steady,
controlled of
nicotine
bupropion and
varenicline
pill, gum, lozenges
-long draft by MOH in 2015, where they promise to WHO, for end game generation in 2045.
-effort KJ (minister of health 2022), first phase, media in 2022
How data derived (NHMS 2015 to 2019) to study effectiveness of NSPTC 2015-2020
Point 1: avg stick per day reduced
Point 2: ppl attempt to quit past 12 mnth
NHMS (2019)
https://iku.moh.gov.my/images/IKU/Document/REPORT/NHMS2019/Report_NHMS2019-NCD_v2.pdf
NHMS (2015)
https://www.moh.gov.my/moh/resources/NHMS2015-VolumeV.pdf
Point 3: malignant neoplasm of trachea bronchus and lung as cause-of-death
Statistics on Cause of Death, Malaysia (2014-2019)
https://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/index.php?r=column/cthemeByCat&cat=401&bul_id=QTU5T0dKQ1g4MHYxd3ZpMzhEMzdRdz09&menu_id=L0pheU43NWJwRWVSZklWdzQ4TlhUUT09
Point 4: 93% people aware of campaign, 45% quit smoke due to photo
The effectiveness of ‘Tak Nak’ anti-smoking campaign (2020)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339228686_The_Effectiveness_of_'Tak_Nak'_Anti-smoking_Campaign_towards_Young_Adults_A_Case_Study_in_Bandar_Sunway_institution