5th November 2024 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Health minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad has reportedly said that since 1st October 2024, the date of entry into force of the
10th September 2024 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The Department of Statistics Malaysia released statistics today on the manufacturing sector’s value, which reached MYR157.1bn ($36.2bn) in July – a surge
14th March 2024 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Deputy minister of health Lukanisman Awang Sauni has said today in the parliament that plain packaging and flavour restrictions are being considered
14th March 2024 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Deputy minister of health Lukanisman Awang Sauni has said today that the vaping and tobacco industry had successfully influenced the government to
13th February 2024 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Wan Saiful Wan Jan, member of parliament (MP) for the opposition party Perikatan Nasional (PN), has reportedly urged the government to issue the
13th December 2023 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: In late November, Parliament passed the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023, which creates a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes
6th November 2023 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The government has decided to drop the ban on the usage and sale of tobacco and vaping products to anyone born on
16th June 2023 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Members of Parliament Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Khairil Nizam Khirudin, both from the opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional, have called on the government
22nd May 2023 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The minister of health has said that the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 – which seeks to ban the sale of
11th May 2023 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The Ministry of Health said yesterday that the tabling of the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022, which seeks to ban the sale
8th May 2023 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: In a poll carried out by CodeBlue – a local newspaper specialising in health matters – with 31 MPs, 14 said that they
22nd February 2023 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Answering a parliamentary question, the health minister Zaliha Mustafa said yesterday that she intends soon to reintroduce the 2022 Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill,
Malaysia: None of the three main coalitions in Malaysia got the amount of votes needed to hold a simple majority of seats in
9th November 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Caretaker minister of health Khairy Jamaluddin said today that if the National Front (Barisan Nasional) wins the upcoming general election, to be held on
10th October 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that Parliament will be dissolved today, paving the way for general elections, which are reportedly expected to be held in
5th October 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: A parliamentary special select committee (PSSC) tabled a statement in parliament today on the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022, agreeing that the proposed Generational Endgame ban on the
3rd October 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: A motion to postpone the presentation of the parliamentary special select committee (PSSC) report on the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 to 6th October
22nd September 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has said he expects to finalise the review of the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 next week with the parliamentary special
28th July 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The Bipartisan Parliamentary Committee on Health, Science and Innovation has recommended that the proposed generational ban on purchase of tobacco products should be delayed for
27th July 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: A much-discussed bill to ban the sale of tobacco products to people born in or after 2007 was tabled in Parliament today. The bill
25th July 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin today tweeted that, after having taken into account all the opinions expressed in stakeholder engagement sessions, sales of tobacco products
20th July 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: poll of 40 members of Malaysia’s lower parliamentary chamber the Dewan Rakyat found only 12 said they would vote in favour of a
14th July 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The Cabinet yesterday approved the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill that sets out to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born in
8th July 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The minister of health said today, 8th July, that the bill banning the sale of tobacco products to all those born after
1st June 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The deputy minister of health said yesterday, 31st May, that the bill banning the sales of vaping products to anyone born
19th May 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: The minister of health is reviewing the possibility of imposing plain packaging on tobacco products and a ban on their display in
25th April 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
 Malaysia: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin reportedly said last week that the 15% import duty on nicotine gum products, to be imposed from 1st June, should either
6th April 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: A bill banning sales of tobacco products to anyone born after 2005 will be discussed tomorrow by a parliamentary Special Committee on Health, Science
17th March 2022 - Asia, Malaysia |
Malaysia: Contrary to what was expected, the minister of health tweeted today, 17th March: “God willing, the Bill [banning the sales of tobacco