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        "msgid": "kl-bans-youths-from-smoking-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-02-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "KL bans youths from smoking",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "KL bans youths from smoking KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's government is to pass new laws in March to ban young people under the age of 18 from smoking introducing fines of up to $400, newspapers reported here yesterday. The existing 1993 laws will be amended to prohibit those aged below 18 from \"smoking, chewing tobaccos and possessing cigarettes,\" Health Minister Chua Jui Meng said.",
        "content": "<p>KL bans youths from smoking<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia&apos;s government is to pass new laws<br>\nin March to ban young people under the age of 18 from smoking<br>\nintroducing fines of up to $400, newspapers reported here<br>\nyesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The existing 1993 laws will be amended to prohibit those aged<br>\nbelow 18 from &quot;smoking, chewing tobaccos and possessing<br>\ncigarettes,&quot; Health Minister Chua Jui Meng said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Those who start smoking at a young age are more likely to<br>\nbecome addicted to dadah (drug) when they are older,&quot; Chua was<br>\nreported saying in the New Straits Times daily.<\/p>\n<p>Those caught flouting the crackdown would be fined 1,000<br>\nringgit ($400), he warned. A ministry study has revealed that<br>\nabout 1.7 million people, or 21.5 percent of the population over<br>\nthe age of 15, smoke.<\/p>",
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