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.
Tag: Tobacco and Smoking Control Act
23 March 2022
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.
17 March 2022
Three countries are planning generation smoking bans starting with certain cohorts: Malaysia (2005), New Zealand (2008), Denmark (2010).
11 March 2022
According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019, 1.12 million people in Malaysia currently vape.
3 March 2022
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.
1 March 2022
Although Khairy Jamaluddin can table the Tobacco Bill, which includes provisions on the generation smoking ban, anytime during the current Dewan Rakyat meeting, delaying it may increase chances of failed passage, like with the Act 342 amendment Bill in the last meeting.
28 February 2022
The omission of the proposed new Tobacco Bill and Act 342 amendments from the King’s Speech raises the possibility that the government may not table these Bills in the current Parliament meeting.
9 February 2022
Nurul Izzah Anwar supports the cohort smoking ban, but Ong Kian Ming says the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill should go through the Health PSC first, while Charles Santiago moots a cost-benefit analysis.
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.