1 August 2022
The GEG measures should ensure that it is an offence to legally sell or supply tobacco or vape products to those born from 1 January 2007, but it should not criminalise possession or usage.
Tag: smoking ban
25 July 2022
Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman addresses arguments by Anwar Ibrahim, Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng, Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah, and Subang MP Wong Chen (Wong supports the tobacco bill).
13 July 2022
Syed Saddiq cites 3 concerns with a generational smoking/ vaping ban: impact on small traders, personal liberty and a slippery slope for other lifestyle bans, and increased illicit cigarettes.
8 July 2022
"Heavy offences" punishable with imprisonment under the tobacco bill target the sale or distribution of tobacco and vape products to those born from 2005.
29 June 2022
For every RM1 in tax revenue from cigarettes, the government spends RM4 to treat smoking-related disease, says Ikram Health Malaysia.
31 May 2022
Malaysia’s plan to phase out tobacco will cost the country tax revenue, but economics suggest it will benefit the country in the long run.
30 May 2022
The world watched as Bhutan enforced a blanket ban on tobacco: could the solution be as effective as it was simple?
25 April 2022
“Don’t tell me that we shouldn’t have high ambitions just because there’s an illicit cigarette market…I’ve never heard such defeatist sentiments,” says Khairy Jamaluddin.
22 April 2022
The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) will also provide financial aid to the B40 and asnaf groups to help them stop smoking.
23 March 2022
The MOH’s proposed cohort smoking ban will only affect those who turn 18 next year, the current legal age for smoking.