The government needs to look into short- and long-term measures to limit harm and exposure of children and young people to nicotine, said the Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC). In a statement on Saturday (April 8), MCTC said this is needed after the Health Ministry exempted nicotine liquids and gels from the Poisons Act...
The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) has called for the government to look into measures to limit harm and exposure of youth to nicotine after the Health Ministry exempted nicotine liquids and gels from the Poisons Act 1952, reports The Star. “We are deeply aggrieved by the decision of the Health Ministry and the government...
If Malaysia passes its proposed tobacco control bill, those born in 2007 will not be able to purchase tobacco and vape products. Two observers say this could speed up what has been a slow decline in smoking prevalence. SYDNEY: Malaysia’s proposed Control of Tobacco Products and Smoking Bill 2022, an omnibus law on tobacco control, aims...
The Control of Tobacco Products and Smoking Bill 2022 currently under parliamentary examination marks a dramatic change in Malaysia’s strategy to limit tobacco consumption. Among its provisions are the prohibition of the sale, purchase and possession of cigarettes, tobacco and vaping products as well as a ban on cigarette smoking, tobacco use and vaping...
Normalisation of a non-smoking culture amongst our youth creates a greater and more long-lasting impact of these measures. Following its second reading in Parliament, the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022 is due for review by the Special Parliamentary Select Committee at its first meeting on August 19, 2022. The Malaysian Thoracic Society supports...
EARLIER this year, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin proposed the Generation End Game (GEG) plan, which would ban tobacco and smoking products for those born in 2005 and after. Just this week, he said that the government had decided to push the limit to 2007, allowing two more years for "community education, a robust implementation plan...
KUALA LUMPUR: The tobacco generational endgame (GEG) law will apply to those born after 2007, and not 2005. Initially, the GEG, otherwise known as the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill, contained a clause to ban smoking and prohibit the ownership of tobacco and vape products by those born after 2005. However, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — Ahead of the Ministry of Health's (MoH) plan to introduce a new policy which will affect the vape industry in Malaysia, four industry associations submitted a memorandum yesterday to urge the government to consider its future when developing regulations. The associations represent more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and businesses, as well...
The tabling of the Bill will be the best move to ban access to tobacco and nicotine by Malaysian youth and future generations, minister says. The Ministry of Health (MoH) is expecting to table the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill in the next session of the Dewan Rakyat starting 18 July. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu...
ACCORDING to Malaysia's 2020 report to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, an estimated 4.8 million people in Malaysia currently smoke. To put things into perspective, 21.3 per cent of those aged 15 and above are smokers. That makes up one in five Malaysians. The 2019 National Health and Morbidity survey also showed that more...
