Health Ministry: Parliament smoking ban stands


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 18 Oct 2018

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (left) and Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad at a press conference in Parliament on Thursday (Oct 18).

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will not retract its decision to ban smoking inside the Parliament building, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

However, the Health Minister said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof had agreed that a temporary space outside the building would be provided for smokers.

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