Fifty NGOs call for total ban on e-cigarettes and vaping

KUALA LUMPUR: Fifty associations and NGOs throughout the country have signed a memorandum, urging the government to impose a total ban on the use of electronic cigarettes and vaping immediately.

In a joint statement, it said that the proposal to ban the products had been made to the government since 2015, when vaping was at its peak, but the Cabinet then decided to regulate the product to give opportunity for entrepreneurs to abide by the rules, it said.