RM2.8m spent to treat 9,222 smokers last year - health minister

The Health Ministry spent RM2.8 million to provide smoking cessation or pharmacological treatment to 9,222 smokers last year, said Dr Adham Baba.

The minister said the number showed an increase in expenditure compared to RM2 million spent the previous year to treat 12,640 smokers.

“The total expenditure has...