A 2016 study by the Institute for Public Health found that 125,714 children born from Jan 1, 2005 smoke cigarettes, while 62,306 vape; the cohort ban prohibits tobacco and vape.
The government’s goal to reduce smoking prevalence in Malaysia to 15% by 2025 can be achieved if it also empowers smokers desperate to kick the habit with the tools they need.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the Tobacco Bill needs to undergo more stakeholder engagement, including with NGOs, tobacco and vape industries, and will be presented at Parliament’s health committee first.
Health experts say “it’s a matter of time” when researchers will be able to associate more diseases, including lung cancer, with e-cigarettes as was done with conventional cigarettes.
In a CodeBlue-Galen poll, 90% of cigarette smokers, 92% of vape users, and all teen respondents support the proposed ban on the sale of cigarettes, tobacco, and vape to those born after 2005.
Studies show that making nicotine replacement therapy products like the patch or gum available over-the-counter boosts their usage, smoking abstinence, and quit attempts.