e-cigarette Archives

18 May 2026

Letter

Never Sacrifice Public Health For Revenue — Malaysian Pharmacists Society

The Court’s findings are also an important reminder that process matters. Expert advice matters. Consultation cannot become a procedural exercise after decisions have effectively already been made. The Poisons Board is not a decorative committee.

2 June 2025

Malaysia

MOH Confirms Nicotine Manufacturing Licence For US-Based Vape Company

MOH's disease control division confirms that an e-cigarette company received an interim nicotine vape manufacturing licence from MIDA. MOH says it's responsible under Act 852 for regulating the import, manufacture, distribution and content of e-cigarettes.

19 May 2025

Malaysia

Pressure Mounts On MOH For Federal Vape Ban

Medical groups are pressuring MOH to impose a federal ban on vape sales. The Malaysian Thoracic Society and Lung Foundation Malaysia say Act 852 empowers the health minister to gazette an order prohibiting vape if there is an "acute or critical situation".

28 November 2023

Malaysia

New Tobacco Bill Drops GEG And Control Of Vape Devices

The new Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 tabled for first reading in Parliament today not only omits the GEG ban, but shockingly also does not regulate e-cigarette or vape devices. The term "smoking device" is absent from the bill.

9 June 2023

Malaysia

Beyond Nicotine: The #VapeLife Trap Ensnaring Malaysian Youths

Vaping is not just about nicotine addiction, but the trap of #VapeLife for Malaysian youths. Three young adults explain how they switched from conventional to e-cigarettes, vaping for years due to flavours and the vaping lifestyle.

1 June 2023

Malaysia

Learn From US Cautionary Tale Of Youth Vaping Epidemic, Expert Tells Malaysia

Malaysia has higher current vape and cigarette use among teens than the United States. An American public health expert singles out youths as the biggest concern with vaping, saying that nicotine and vaping can harm the brain and lung development of young children and teens.

7 April 2023

Malaysia

Liquid Nicotine Delisting ‘Backward’ Step For Malaysia, Say UM Public Health Students

Universiti Malaya postgrad public health students condemn the declassification of liquid nicotine as a "backward" step for Malaysia, as Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and 34 other countries have banned vape to protect the young from nicotine addiction. "First do no harm," they say.

3 April 2023

Opinion

CodeBlue’s View: Government Perpetuating Harm By Delisting Liquid Nicotine

The government must reverse the delisting of liquid nicotine to give itself time to draft a good tobacco & vape bill acceptable to most MPs, instead of trying to bulldoze through a badly drafted bill to close the gap in legislation created by the government itself.

31 March 2023

Malaysia

Malaysia Shockingly Legalises Vape With Nicotine For Tax – Without Existing E-Cigarette Regulations

In a shocking move in Malaysia’s history of tobacco control, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa exempts – from the Poisons List of controlled substances – nicotine e-liquids that will be taxed from April 1 in an order gazetted by Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

29 March 2023

Malaysia

Vape Industry Backs Government’s Potential Move To Deregulate Liquid Nicotine

The vape industry supports the potential exemption of liquid nicotine from control under the Poisons Act, claiming that vape can be regulated by amending the Control of Tobacco Product Regulations. The Poisons Board met today to discuss the exemption.

Tag: e-cigarette

Never Sacrifice Public Health For Revenue — Malaysian Pharmacists Society

MOH Confirms Nicotine Manufacturing Licence For US-Based Vape Company

Pressure Mounts On MOH For Federal Vape Ban

New Tobacco Bill Drops GEG And Control Of Vape Devices

Beyond Nicotine: The #VapeLife Trap Ensnaring Malaysian Youths

Learn From US Cautionary Tale Of Youth Vaping Epidemic, Expert Tells Malaysia

Liquid Nicotine Delisting ‘Backward’ Step For Malaysia, Say UM Public Health Students

CodeBlue’s View: Government Perpetuating Harm By Delisting Liquid Nicotine

Malaysia Shockingly Legalises Vape With Nicotine For Tax – Without Existing E-Cigarette Regulations

Vape Industry Backs Government’s Potential Move To Deregulate Liquid Nicotine

HSAJB Probes Doctor’s Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Anaesthesiologist

Malaysian Medical Negligence Damages Still Too Low: Lawyer

Universiti Malaya’s Nirmala Appointed To WHO Science Council

Why Malaysia’s Health Care Financing Model Is Mathematically Unsustainable

I Hope Medicine Is Kind To You — Dr Loshi Rajen