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23 September 2024

Malaysia

Medical Groups Demand Higher Cigarette Prices, Excise Tax In Budget 2025

FPMPAM and AMAM are calling for the govt to raise the minimum cigarette price from RM12 – unchanged since 2020 – to RM13 or RM13.50 in Budget 2025. FPMPAM suggests the govt implement a structured, predictable tax that increases annually at a fixed rate.

30 May 2024

Malaysia

Impact Of Second And Third-Hand Smoking

The long-term impact of smoking is well-documented in various studies throughout the decades. With the Ministry of Health mulling creation of Designated Smoking Areas (DSAs), this raises questions about smoking and how non-smokers may be affected.

30 May 2024

Letter

Vaping Isn’t A Harmless Alternative To Smoking — Dr Leevyadhashiny Ganasan

NCSM's Dr Leevyadhashiny Ganasan dispels the myth that vaping is a "benign alternative" to smoking, calling for restrictions on vape sales & marketing. "One of the most concerning aspects of vaping is its potential to addict a new generation to nicotine."

21 November 2023

Letter

Minister Tiong, Here’s The Evidence That Smoking Causes Cancer — MMA

MMA shows Tiong King Sing the evidence that smoking causes cancer, citing data from the WHO, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the US CDC, among others. "We also find the Tourism Minister's criticisms of former Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin to be unfair."

16 November 2023

Malaysia

Tiong Second Minister To Denounce Tobacco GEG As ‘Unconstitutional’, ‘Unenforceable’

Tourism Minister Tiong King Sing, in attacking Khairy Jamaluddin, slams the tobacco bill with the GEG and questions the link between smoking and cancer, which was proven back in the 1940s and 50s. Cigarette smoking causes about 90% of lung cancer cases.

3 November 2023

Malaysia

‘Did You Smoke?’: Three Deadly Words For Lung Cancer Patients

A lung cancer advocate says the first question asked to lung cancer patients, "Did you smoke?", may seem innocent, but actually perpetuates stigma. The US' National Comprehensive Cancer Network has endorsed using non-stigmatising language for lung cancer.

1 August 2023

Malaysia

WHO Report Wrongly Claims Malaysia Has No Smoking Bans

WHO's 2023 report on the global tobacco epidemic wrongly claims Malaysia doesn't have or barely has smoking bans in public places. Malaysia is marked as having "zero" indoor places with a complete smoking ban. Malaysia has had smoke-free places since 2004.

21 June 2023

Malaysia

Now Some MPs Feel RM500 Fine For GEG Smoking Too Low: Lukanisman

Lukanisman Awang Sauni says some MPs now feel that the RM500 fine in the 2023 tobacco bill for the GEG group is too low, besides concerns about community service. The initial RM5,000 fine in the 2022 bill was deemed by the 14th Parliament as excessive.

12 June 2023

Malaysia

Tobacco Bill Moots Max RM500 Fine Or Community Service For GEG Violations

Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 moots max RM500 fine/ community service for offences of smoking/ purchase of smoking products by GEG group (personal possession not an offence); some enforcement powers exclude personal GEG offences.

9 June 2023

Letter

Open Letter To PM: More Malaysians Will Be Addicted To Nicotine If Bill Fails – Azrul Mohd Khalib

We urgently need laws which protect children from vaping and e-cigarettes through restricting sales to over-18s only, limiting nicotine content, refill bottle and tank sizes, labelling requirements, and through advertising, promotional and marketing restrictions.

Tag: smoking

Medical Groups Demand Higher Cigarette Prices, Excise Tax In Budget 2025

Impact Of Second And Third-Hand Smoking

Vaping Isn’t A Harmless Alternative To Smoking — Dr Leevyadhashiny Ganasan

Minister Tiong, Here’s The Evidence That Smoking Causes Cancer — MMA

Tiong Second Minister To Denounce Tobacco GEG As ‘Unconstitutional’, ‘Unenforceable’

‘Did You Smoke?’: Three Deadly Words For Lung Cancer Patients

WHO Report Wrongly Claims Malaysia Has No Smoking Bans

Now Some MPs Feel RM500 Fine For GEG Smoking Too Low: Lukanisman

Tobacco Bill Moots Max RM500 Fine Or Community Service For GEG Violations

Open Letter To PM: More Malaysians Will Be Addicted To Nicotine If Bill Fails – Azrul Mohd Khalib

MMC-Registered Medical Graduates Nearly Halved In Six Years

Help, I’m Forced To Work Every Day — Sibu Hospital Medical Officer

Six Nurses’ Groups Oppose 45-Hour Work Week Under SSPA Shift System

MMA Launching ‘Black Monday’ Protest To ‘Save’ GPs

Rising Health Insurance Premiums Benefit Insurers And Hospitals — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan Abdul Rahman