PSC seeks to scrutinise anti-smoking bill from child rights view

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Women, Children and Social Development has requested involvement in determining whether provisions under the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 are in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

While noting the government's aim to reach a generational endgame on tobacco products, committee chairperson Azalina Othman Said highlighted concerns that certain provisions on enforcement of the law could be...