PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MoH) will table a new bill that seeks to regulate all smoking products, including smoking materials containing nicotine used for smoking purposes. Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the ministry targets the bill to be expedited and tabled during the parliamentary session in May.
“The new bill is to ensure there is comprehensive control over nicotine preparations or gels containing nicotine in the liquids used in electronic cigarettes or vape,” she said in a statement Saturday.
Dr Zaliha said engagement sessions on policies for the new bill include allocations for the Generational Endgame plan for all stakeholders, non-governmental organisations, professional bodies and other relevant organisations.
She said the MoH seriously takes note of the concerns, reactions and feedback received via the media over the decision to exempt liquid preparations or gels containing nicotine for the purpose of smoking using electronic cigarettes or electronic vaporisation devices from control of the Poisons Act 1952.
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