NGOs call for ban on e-cigarettes


KUALA LUMPUR: Fifty associations 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 yesterday, they said the proposal to ban the product had been made to the government since 2015, when vaping was at its peak, but the Cabinet decided to regulate the product to give an opportunity for entrepreneurs to abide by the rules, it said.

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