AN APPLICATION OF COLLINS OF POLICY ANALYSIS by Pinang Sebatang Bookstore

Most smokers started smoking before age 18, and almost quarter of them begin using tobacco before age 10. Estimated of 1.3 million people smoke worldwide and 84% lived in developing countries. Smoking had been associated with increased mortality rates which was known to be responsible for 90% of all lung cancer cases, 75% of chronic bronchitis and emphysema and 25% of ischemic heart disease globally [1]. However, “the tobacco industry still does not publicly accept that smoking causes lung cancer” [2].