nicotine delisting Archives

16 November 2023

Zaliha First Health Minister To Reject A Poisons Board Decision: MCTC

MCTC says Zaliha Mustafa was the first health minister to reject a Poisons Board decision – when she delisted liquid nicotine – since the Board's establishment under the Poisons Act 1952. Establishment of the Poisons Board was created in a 1956 amendment.

7 November 2023

Malaysia

Medical Groups Demand Relisting Of Liquid Nicotine, After Cabinet Moots GEG Decoupling

The Malaysian Pharmacists Society, Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control, Galen Centre, and the Commonwealth Medical Association demand the relisting of liquid nicotine into the Poisons List, after a Cabinet decision to decouple GEG from the tobacco bill.

20 July 2023

Letter

Malaysia’s Nicotine Legalisation Nightmare: The Devastating Consequences – Mahirah Ma’som

We must continue to advocate for better tobacco control in Malaysia, with or without the government's involvement.

15 June 2023

Malaysia

Opposition MPs Rally To Reinstate Liquid Nicotine On Poisons List

PN lawmakers – Kuala Langat MP Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Jerantut MP Khairil Nizam Khirudin – call for the restoration of liquid nicotine into the Poisons List to protect minors from the harmful substance, after the tobacco bill was referred to a PSSC.

8 June 2023

Letter

Poisoned Toddler Now Poster Child In Fight Against Nicotine Delisting – Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak writes that pending passage of the tobacco bill, thousands of Malaysian children aged 6-12 years risk becoming vape-aholics, through no fault of their own, due to the delisting of liquid nicotine.

30 May 2023

Opinion

What Is Known And Unknown About Vaping

Dr Milton Lum highlights the evidence on the impact of vaping. He says Malaysia is highly unlikely to achieve its tobacco control targets (15% smoking prevalence by 2025, <5% by 2045), with the delisting of liquid nicotine and unregulated e-cigarette use.

26 May 2023

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Liquid Nicotine Deregulation Raised At World Health Assembly Event

At a WHA event in Geneva, CodeBlue EIC Boo Su-Lyn highlighted Malaysia’s delisting of liquid nicotine that allows the legal sale of nicotine vape to minors without any regulations. An international Gallup poll shows most people support health regulations.

Tag: nicotine delisting

Zaliha First Health Minister To Reject A Poisons Board Decision: MCTC

Medical Groups Demand Relisting Of Liquid Nicotine, After Cabinet Moots GEG Decoupling

Malaysia’s Nicotine Legalisation Nightmare: The Devastating Consequences – Mahirah Ma’som

Opposition MPs Rally To Reinstate Liquid Nicotine On Poisons List

Poisoned Toddler Now Poster Child In Fight Against Nicotine Delisting – Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

What Is Known And Unknown About Vaping

Malaysia’s Liquid Nicotine Deregulation Raised At World Health Assembly Event

DPAM Plans Masterclass For Health Professionals To Reduce Dengue Deaths

UiTM Willing To ‘Temporarily’ Open Up Cardiothoracic Surgery Postgrad Programme To Non-Bumi Parallel Pathway Trainees, Graduates: Professor

Prove Direct UK GMC Recognition Of Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway: Ex-MATCVS President

UiTM ‘Confident’ Of Getting MMC Recognition For Rigorous Malaysia’s First Local Cardiothoracic Surgery Programme

Yang Faridah Appointed Universiti Malaya Dean Of Medicine