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Date Programmes Podcast Title  
19-Jan-26 Today I Learned
(6:00 PM)
How To Smoke The Last Cigarette of Your Life
Associate Professor Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist, University Malaya Medical Centre
08-Aug-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
How Do We Treat Vaping Addiction in Kids
Associate Professor Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist, University Malaya Medical Centre | Professor Chris Bullen, Professor of Public Health, University of Auckland
28-Jul-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
NCD Chronicles #30: Living With A Smoking Addiction, Then Lung Cancer
Apparao Applanaidu, Ex-Smoker | Professor Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist, University Malaya Medical Centre
14-Feb-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Should Vaping Be Regulated Or Banned Completely?
Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Professor Dr Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed , Leader of Smokefree Sejahtera Campus Community Flagship 3.0 programme, IIUM | Professor Chris Bullen, Professor of Public Health, University of Auckland
03-Jan-25 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Is This The Year To Quit Smoking?
Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Dr Takdir Singh Riar, Head, Smoking Cessation Unit, Klinik Kesihatan Tanglin
08-Nov-24 Top 5 At 5
(5:00 PM)
Top 5 at 5: No Valour for FashionValet's Losses
Emmanuel Samarathisa, Journalist, The Malaysianist
31-May-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Doctor in the House: Is The Tobacco Industry Targeting Our Kids?
Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Associate Professor Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist, University Malaya Medical Centre
26-Jan-24 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Doctor in the House: How The Tobacco Industry Influences Public Health Policies in Asia
Dr George Lee, Consultant Urologist | Dr Mary Assunta, Senior Policy Advisor, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA)
08-Dec-23 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Vapes Will Now Be Regulated, But The GEG Is In Ashes
Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, MP for Kuala Selangor and Chairman of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Health | Assistant Professor Dr Farhan Rusli, Public Health Medicine Specialist, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
17-Nov-23 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
The Unchecked Vaping Crisis
Professor Chris Bullen, President, Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco | Associate Professor Dr Amer Siddiq, Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Malaya
09-Oct-23 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
How Nicotine Replacement Therapy Helps Smokers Quit
Professor Dr Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamad, Chief Coordinator of Certified Smoking Cessation Service Provider (CSCSP), Kulliyyah of Pharmacy; International Islamic University Malaysia | Dr Suraj Wilson, Asia Pacific Medical Affairs Lead for Smoking Cessation, Kenvue
18-Sep-23 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: How Will Malaysia’s Vape Trends Lead To Nicotine Addiction Among Youths?
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Associate Professor Dr Amer Siddiq bin Amer Nordin, Consultant Psychiatrist & Chief Coordinator, UM Centre of Addiction Sciences
31-May-23 The Breakfast Grille
(8:00 AM)
World No Tobacco Day: Policy Perspectives On Nicotine Alternatives
Ben Youdan, Director, Action for a Smokefree 2025 | Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy
30-May-23 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Generational Endgame Bill: Will It Be All Smoke And No Fire?
Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Consultant Respiratory Physician & Special Adviser to the Minister of Health
12-Apr-23 Health & Living
(4:00 PM)
Public Health: Nicotine, Vaping and Taxes
Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy | Dr Murallitharan Munisamy, Chairperson, Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control
07-Apr-23 What's The Focus
(9:30 AM)
WTF: Healthcare Issues In The Spotlight
 
 




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