The women & children’s PSC – worried about the scope of enforcement powers under the Control of Tobacco Product & Smoking Bill – wants to check if the bill complies with UN's CRC.
Health PSC recommends codifying 3-year and 10-year mandatory evaluations of government preparedness for the GEG and effectiveness of the tobacco control law.
The Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022 criminalises the purchase, possession, and use of cigarettes or vape, or smoking/ vaping, by individuals born from Jan 1, 2007 -- aged 15 or below today -- with a max RM5,000 fine/ max RM2,500 compound.
It's unclear what drove Mevta to make a sudden about-turn in its position on the GEG or what concessions, if any, were offered by MOH to the vape industry in exchange for support.