Poisons List Archives

8 April 2023

Malaysia

MCTC Admits ‘Little Success’ In Getting Reversal Of Nicotine Delisting

MCTC, an umbrella anti-tobacco body of 41 organisations, says it had "little success" in getting the government, including Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, to reconsider the "poorly thought out move" of delisting liquid nicotine for taxation purposes.

8 April 2023

Malaysia

MMA Dissatisfied With MOH’s Explanation On Nicotine Exemption

MMA says Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa told health groups that she had signed off on the delisting of liquid nicotine with a "heavy heart" for the vape tax. "We have heard the ministry's explanation and still do not find the reasons given acceptable."

5 April 2023

Opinion

Nicotine Addiction: Malaysia’s End Game To Public Health

Until each MP discloses their stand, talk about May tabling of the smoking product bill remains smoke and mirrors. Every day, the government is creating new generations of nicotine addicts. The real end game, it turns out, is public health – not the GEG.

4 April 2023

Malaysia

Khairy: I Refused To Sign Order To Delist Liquid Nicotine

KJ says he refused to heed MOF's instruction to exempt liquid nicotine from the Poisons Act for tax, pending tobacco bill's passage. Health NGOs told him then: "The health minister who does this is a minister who does not care at all about public health".

3 April 2023

Malaysia

Pasir Mas MP Slams ‘Hasty’ Liquid Nicotine Delisting

Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari urges the government to reconsider the exemption of liquid nicotine from the Poisons List pending passage of the tobacco & vape bill, saying he is sure that Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa also agrees with him on this.

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.

3 April 2023

Malaysia

Liquid Nicotine Delisting ‘Most Ridiculous Public Health Policy’: Expert

Ex-Health deputy DG (public health) Prof Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman describes the delisting of liquid nicotine from the Poisons Act as the "most ridiculous public health policy decision I have ever seen" – "almost nearing stupidity in policymaking".

1 April 2023

Malaysia

After Liquid Nicotine Delisted, Zaliha Targets To Table ‘New’ Bill In May

Dr Zaliha Mustafa says she expects to table a "new" bill on tobacco and vape control, which will include GEG, in the next Parliament meeting, expected in May. The health minister adds that e-liquids with nicotine are now regulated under the Excise Act.

1 April 2023

Malaysia

Galen Warns Of New Health Crisis From Liquid Nicotine Deregulation

The Galen Centre warns the government of potentially creating one of the biggest public health crises in Malaysia by exempting liquid nicotine as a controlled substance without existing vape regulations: a new epidemic of nicotine addiction among children and teens.

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.

Tag: Poisons List

MCTC Admits ‘Little Success’ In Getting Reversal Of Nicotine Delisting

MMA Dissatisfied With MOH’s Explanation On Nicotine Exemption

Nicotine Addiction: Malaysia’s End Game To Public Health

Khairy: I Refused To Sign Order To Delist Liquid Nicotine

Pasir Mas MP Slams ‘Hasty’ Liquid Nicotine Delisting

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

Liquid Nicotine Delisting ‘Most Ridiculous Public Health Policy’: Expert

After Liquid Nicotine Delisted, Zaliha Targets To Table ‘New’ Bill In May

Galen Warns Of New Health Crisis From Liquid Nicotine Deregulation

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

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