8 February 2022
Cigarettes and related products remains the most identifiable and preventable risk factor for numerous non-communicable diseases, including lung cancer.
Tag: smoking ban
8 February 2022
Step up enforcement and consider harm-reduction approaches so that next year, our Chinese New Year reunions can take place in a more conducive surrounding.
4 February 2022
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in Malaysia, accounting for approximately 11% of all cases.
4 February 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin hopes that the proposed generation endgame to smoking will reduce the number of new smokers so that MOH can focus on the existing disease burden.
3 February 2022
While enforcement is a big issue with the prevalence of illicit cigarettes, Khairy says that should not stop Malaysia from pursuing a generational smoking ban.
28 January 2022
The proposed ban on the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2005 includes vape or e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, besides cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco.
27 January 2022
Malaysians aged 17 today will not be able to legally buy tobacco next year when they turn 18, or ever in their lifetime.
26 January 2022
Malaysia has fallen behind targets with 21.3% smoking prevalence in 2019, nearly 3 percentage points higher than the 18.5% goal for that year in the National Strategic Plan for Tobacco Control.
17 January 2022
57 NGOs want the proposed cohort smoking ban to also cover e-cigarettes and vape, saying there is no scientific evidence for harm reduction from these products.
15 January 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says the new Tobacco and Smoking Control Act will not just regulate vape, but also enforce a smoking “generation endgame”.