COMMENT | Gazettement of laws urgently needed to curb vape addiction

COMMENT | The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) wants the government to speed up the gazettement of the regulations for e-cigarettes and vaping. 

This delay in gazetting regulations has led to significant public health risks and allowed the vaping industry to exploit regulatory gaps.

We have been informed that the draft of the regulations was already completed since the end of last year but there has been no news about it since. The government must explain the reasons for this delay.

It is troubling to hear that 111 cases of exposure...