Clarification by Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health

Mr Speaker: Senior Parliamentary Secretary Amrin, do you have an update?

The Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health (Mr Amrin Amin): Thank you, Speaker. Mr Louis Ng asked for the actual numbers of deaths per year attributable to tobacco use, anti-smoking and second-hand smoke. The number for 2016 is 2,278. [Please refer to "Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Second-hand Smoke", Official Report, 2 October 2018, Vol 94, Issue No 84, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

Mr Speaker: Order. End of Question Time. The Clerk will now proceed to read the Orders of the day.

[Pursuant to Standing Order No 22(3), Written Answers to Question Nos 18-21, 23-27, 31, 33-34 and 36 on the Order Paper are reproduced in the Appendix. Question Nos 22, 28-30, 32 and 35 have been postponed to the next available sitting of Parliament.]