23 September 2026
Nicotine is highly addictive, and protecting children and adolescents from nicotine dependence must take precedence over commercial interests and tax revenue.
Tag: generational end game (GEG)
10 August 2026
If Malaysia is to achieve its target of 5 per cent smoking prevalence, policymakers must look past idealistic short-term regulatory mechanisms and focus on implementing an adaptive, market-aware sequencing model.
8 June 2026
Ahead of a June 15 deadline, two groups tell MOH not to appeal a High Court verdict restoring liquid nicotine as a poison. MyWatch says the court decision gives the government an opportunity to ban nicotine vape retail sales. MMI moots prescription-only.
29 April 2026
Malaysia should follow the UK's example and reintroduce the tobacco generational end game (GEG) under the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852) to protect future generations from nicotine addiction.
19 March 2026
Letter
Tobacco/Vape Industry’s Pivot To Religious Authorities A Public Health Concern — Fahmi Hassan
The tobacco industry's meeting with a religious office is very alarming. Having faced firm resistance from health authorities, the industry is searching for new avenues of validation. Heated tobacco products and vapes remain harmful.
26 December 2025
Health Minister Dr Dzul says he's consulting with MOH's legal advisor after an ex-aide to his predecessor, Zaliha Mustafa, alleged that Zaliha rejected an RM50 million bribe to axe the tobacco GEG. Dr Dzul may issue a fuller press statement in later days.
23 December 2025
MCTC calls for a wider public inquiry into tobacco industry interference beyond probing an attempted RM50 million bribe. A smoking cessation expert cites worsening tobacco industry interference and pushes for stronger protections for public health policy.
23 December 2025
PN MPs ask if Act 852, a tobacco/vape control law, and public health policies are now tainted with corruption, after an attempted RM50m bribe to then-Health Minister Zaliha. In a statement today, Zaliha's ex-aide Sivamalar now claims she was misquoted.
23 December 2025
MyWatch and Public Health Malaysia ask if someone else had accepted an RM50 million bribe offer to axe GEG after ex-Health Minister Zaliha allegedly rejected it. Seatca wants a code of conduct for public officials' interactions with the tobacco industry.
22 December 2025
C4 demands an MACC probe into a claim by Dr Zaliha Mustafa's aide that the then-health minister was offered an RM50 million bribe to scrap the tobacco GEG policy but didn't report it. C4 says failure to report bribe offers is an offence under the MACC Act.