23 January 2020 Malaysia Activists Fine With ‘Temporary’ Smoking Zones, But Not Ampang Model Anti-smoking activists are now fine with designated smoking zones as long as they’re temporary and don’t involve public funds.
22 January 2020 Malaysia KPKT’s Smoking Area Guidelines: Simple, Makeshift, No Littering Forming designated smoking areas was a Cabinet decision made on November 22, 2019.
13 January 2020 Malaysia Zuraida Reviewing RM1Mil Allocation For 155 Smoking Zones The minister says the allocation for local councils to set up special smoking zones in public is not for one smoking zone, but 155 zones.
10 January 2020 Malaysia Backlash Won’t Stop Zuraida’s Designated Smoking Areas Plan The housing and local government minister says her administration needs to facilitate the needs of the people, even those who light up.
10 January 2020 Malaysia Designated Areas Unnecessary, Smoke ‘Anywhere Else’, Say Advocates Only 23 types of places have been gazetted as anti-smoking zones, so smokers can still light up at other unrestricted public areas.
8 January 2020 Malaysia Eateries Question Cost, Safety Of Outside Smoking Areas Various countries like Japan and Italy provide smoking rooms in restaurants.
8 January 2020 Malaysia Doctor: RM1Mil Should Fund Quit-Smoking Services, Not Smoking Areas Will tobacco companies be paying for the designated smoking zones?
7 January 2020 Malaysia Local Councils Building Smoking Zones, Restaurants Also Allowed Local councils will eventually mandate restaurant owners to set up designated smoking areas 3 metres away from their premises.
2 January 2020 Malaysia Kuching Designating Smoking Zones Near Eateries Kuching South City Mayor Wee Hong Seng says smoking areas are needed even if the end goal is to ensure people stop lighting up.
4 September 2019 Malaysia Malaysian Coffee Shops Want Designated Smoking Zones Like Singapore’s Coffeeshop operators say they'll suffer if customers leave because of the smoking ban.