cigarette tax Archives

25 May 2023

Customs Circular Doesn’t Change Existing Taxation On Cigarettes Sold In Free Zones: Deputy Minister

Deputy Finance Minister Steven Sim says a recent Customs circular doesn't reverse a 2021 policy on the taxation of cigarettes in Free Zones, and that the circular simply changes the beer quota.

10 March 2023

Letter

Support Proposed Sin Tax On Nicotine Products With Caution — LCNM

This proposed tax will on the one hand inadvertently legalise e-cigarettes and vapes, but simultaneously make such products less affordable and hopefully less available to young people.

9 March 2023

Malaysia

Bandar Kuching MP: Use E-Cigarette Tax Revenue To Support Health Care Workers’ Pay

Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii says health care workers need more than just kind words to support their families, as he calls for fair wages across the board.

24 February 2023

Malaysia

Budget 2023: Government Backs GEG ‘Spirit’, To Earmark Half Of Vape Tax Revenue For Health

During the tabling of Budget 2023, Anwar Ibrahim says the government supports the “spirit” of the GEG and has agreed to earmark 50% of proposed excise duties on vape liquids containing nicotine for the Health Ministry.

9 November 2021

Malaysia

After Vape Tax Announced, MOH To Amend Poisons Act

Khairy Jamaluddin says the Poisons Act is being amended to be in line with current needs, but did not specify if the sale of nicotine by non-medical parties would be allowed after the government announced a tax on vaping liquids containing nicotine.

2 November 2021

Malaysia

FPMPAM: Vape Tax Must Be Backed By Strict Regulations

The Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Associations Malaysia (FPMPAM) says the taxation levels for THR products in Malaysia must remain risk-proportionate, benchmarked against high-risk products such as cigarettes.

20 August 2019

Malaysia

Treating Smoking-Related Illnesses Costs More Than Tax Collected

For every RM 1 collected from cigarette tax, RM 4 is spent on treating related diseases.

Tag: cigarette tax

Customs Circular Doesn’t Change Existing Taxation On Cigarettes Sold In Free Zones: Deputy Minister

Support Proposed Sin Tax On Nicotine Products With Caution — LCNM

Bandar Kuching MP: Use E-Cigarette Tax Revenue To Support Health Care Workers’ Pay

Budget 2023: Government Backs GEG ‘Spirit’, To Earmark Half Of Vape Tax Revenue For Health

After Vape Tax Announced, MOH To Amend Poisons Act

FPMPAM: Vape Tax Must Be Backed By Strict Regulations

Treating Smoking-Related Illnesses Costs More Than Tax Collected

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