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Vital Signs

Making Malaysia a tobacco-free nation

By Dr MOHAMMAD FADZLY, MUHAMMAD SHA’ANI ABDULLAH and Dr KHOR SWEE KHENG
Technically speaking, vaping products are not legal in Malaysia, and have also been declared haram by the National Fatwa Council. — Filepic

A 2016 Health Ministry study showed that at least 600,000 children between 11- to 18-years-old in Malaysia are vaping.

This is an unacceptable number, and begs the need for a new and stronger Tobacco Act.

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