KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — The Health Ministry said it was committed to speeding up the tabling of the Tobacco Control Bill in Parliament in light of the fact that vape containing...
Wednesday, 29 Mar 2023 2:28 PM MYT
During a press conference today, its minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said that the Bill might not make it to the current session but added that she will try to table it in the next session which is scheduled for this May. “Not in this session but as soon as possible, and if it is not possible, then next session, we will try,” she said after attending the Healthy Malaysia National Agenda Cabinet Committee meeting.
In a statement, the Malaysian Medical Association said it had been informed of the possibility of nicotine being removed from the prescription list of controlled substances under the Poisons Act in order for vape-containing nicotine to be sold in the public domain.
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