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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fast food boycott saving Malaysians money and calories ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health expert says the boycott trend is a good step towards a healthier lifestyle. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Residents fear more fatal cases after MOH decision to stop two decades of 24-hour clinic service ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Tanjung Malim health clinic had served some 60,000 residents since 2001, but the government recently said it wanted to 'standardise' its operations. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Vaping sees more youth treated for hallucinations, collapsed lungs ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 01:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Hospitals are reporting increasing number of patients with mental illnesses associated with vaping. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health pressure group shocked by Anwar's about-turn on vape tax revenue ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The prime minister had promised to set aside half of the tax revenue from vaping products for anti-smoking campaigns and other health-related matters. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Today tobacco, tomorrow foreign govt?': Putrajaya urged to set up royal inquiry on who killed GEG bill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 02:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Vocal Penang-based consumer group CAP says the public should be told the identity of MPs 'kowtowing' to lobbyists it says are like 'drug merchants'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Britain proposes ban on cigarettes for younger generations ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ If passed into law, the smoking age would rise by one year every year, potentially phasing out smoking among young people almost completely as soon as 2040, reports say. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health and education to continue receiving biggest allocations, Anwar says on budget ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The prime minister also says that subsidy rationalisation is necessary to ensure that government subsidies benefit the groups which truly need help. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ France to ban disposable e-cigarettes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Urgent appeal for RM331,000 to save 13 premature babies ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 03:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Having been born early, these babies now face medical complications such as respiratory distress syndrome, congenital pneumonia and sepsis. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Aspartame sweeteners 'possibly carcinogenic', says WHO ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The acceptable daily intake level however remains unchanged. ]]></description>
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