Tourism and retail stakeholders in Langkawi will be sending a petition to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to reconsider making cigarettes taxable items, saying the move would affect the economy of the duty-free island resort.
The petition was signed by 24 entities comprising non-governmental organisations, businesses and retail associations, trade groups, malls and hotels at a ceremony at a hotel.
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