To Identify Smoker in Malaysia

There are at least 1.7 million smokers in Malaysia. One in every 5 Malaysia aged 15 years and above is a smoker. A study by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1994 on 6,000 youths showed that 71 percent has experimented with cigarettes. A recent survey showed that 85 percent of smokers were aged between 19 and 22 years.
In total consumption increased by 57 percent over the period 1965-1984, an average of 3 percent per annum. An estimated 17 billion sticks of cigarettes is currently
[1990] consumed, worth US$530 million [US$1.00=RM2.50].

According to 1996 Ministry of Health Survey, there were 2.4 million smokers in Malaysia, the number of male smokers had increased from: 41.0% in 1986 to 49.2% in 1996. In the past 10 years, smoking related deaths comprised three out of the five main killers in Malaysia

Male students smoked an average of 24.3 cigarettes per week. About 14% of them reported that they are addicted to cigarettes. Male students whose father smoked, were 1.81 times more likely to be a smoker compared to those whose father did not.
Smoking habits among school teachers: 40.56% (None of the female teachers smoked). About 64% of the smokers started to smoke before 14 years of age. About 59% smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day. About 67% of the smokers thought of quitting smoking. Of those 72% had tried at least once.