Star: THE Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control Council that the Health Ministry had yet to reply to its 16 proposals related to its anti-smoking efforts.
Council chairman Prof Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid said the council had submitted the proposals earlier this year to seek funding for its members as requested by the ministry.
“Last year, we were asked by the Health Ministry to put up the proposals. We then held a two-day workshop where we came up with 16 proposals,” he said during the council's annual general meeting recently.
He said the funds sought were not channelled to the council but the non-governmental organisation (NGO) members.
“If they want us to help them, it is only fair they give us their co-operation,” he said.
Formed in September 2004, the council comprises 35 NGOs and higher learning institutions.
The members are seeking allocations for activities like monitoring of tobacco industry marketing activities, surveillance programmes at workplaces, computer research centres at schools and research on the effectiveness of stop-smoking treatment at clinics.
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