Health Minister Abdullah Nazim said that he will do whatever he can to stop the use of energy drinks and tobacco in Maldives.
In a ceremony held last night at Hotel Jen to release Maldives National Health Assessment 2014 the minister said that 80 percent of the diseases in Maldives are non-communicable diseases and most of are related to tobacco and energy drinks.
Nazim said that the government’s policy is prevention instead of cure and hence everyone should work hard to achieve this. He said that the work needed to aware the people is massive and adequate budget should be allocated for awareness programs. He said that, budget will be allocated for such programs and it will be conducted in future.
Will do whatever it takes to stop use of energy drinks and tobacco: Health Minister
