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Description
Oral tobacco products fall under the broad definition of tobacco products in Malaysia, while nicotine pouches are subject to the pharmaceutical regime. It is fairly unlikely that the country imposes specific restrictions on either oral tobacco products or nicotine pouches in the foreseeable future, aside from the recently-approved law targeting vaping and tobacco products in general.
Heated tobacco is set to become increasingly restricted in Malaysia, once the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Law 2023, passed in the parliament in November 2023, enters into force.
The date of entry into force will be set by the Ministry of Health, after the law is published in the Official Gazette, which may coincide with the publication of the government regulation related to the law.
This two-report bundle provides detailed analysis of the current and near-future regulation of oral tobacco, nicotine pouches and heated tobacco in Malaysia, covering all policy areas from taxation and notification to advertising and labelling requirements.
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- A clear and detailed understanding of current regulatory requirements affecting this sector in a specific jurisdiction, enabling you to be confident your business and your products are compliant.
- The ability to plan ahead for specific regulatory changes.
- Strategic understanding of the policy climate within the jurisdiction, enabling you to forecast how it might affect business development.
- Sources of further information, for example links to full texts of legislation and contact details for relevant government offices.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Outlook
- Malaysia: the basics
- National regulatory framework
- Age restrictions
- Product restrictions
- Labelling and packaging
- Obligation to notify
- Retail channel restrictions
- Public usage
- Advertising and marketing
- Taxation
- Relevant laws
- Relevant bodies
Methodology
Our research is completely independent and original. It is conducted by TobaccoIntelligence’s multilingual legal analysis team, all specialists in this sector, and goes through a rigorous review and editing process before publication. Research draws on multiple sources, including: online and offline resources and data, specialist legal software, our own extensive databases and report archives, interviews with key stakeholders and government officials, and collaboration with local legal firms and on-the-ground professionals in the jurisdictions covered.
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