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.
Tag: tobacco control act
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.
21 December 2021
Big tobacco is transitioning from cigarettes to vape, e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn devices.
30 November 2021
Khairy Jamaluddin says the new Act will enable more comprehensive controls of new emerging smoking products that are increasingly taken up by young people.
1 April 2019
The Health Ministry wants to enact a standalone Tobacco Control Act.