26 July 2022
A more useful modus operandi would be for the government to regulate vaping, as well as better combat unlicensed and unregulated vape stores both physically and virtually throughout the country.
Tag: Tobacco and Smoking Control Act
15 July 2022
Teenagers, who may not know how extremely addictive nicotine is when they try their first cigarette, and young children exposed to secondhand smoke at home lose their right to health.
14 July 2022
The Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill is not listed on the Order Paper for the Dewan Rakyat’s July 18 sitting, the first day of the upcoming parliamentary meeting.
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.
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.