It’s about curbing access to vape, tobacco products

No more puffing: The government plans to introduce a new law banning smoking, including vaping for those born after 2005. Picture posed by models. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Obstructing children’s access to tobacco is expected to be effective in keeping them from picking up the habit of smoking, says a tobacco control non-governmental organisation.

Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations Tobacco Control coordinator Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah said the means to blocking this access needs to be addressed before the new law to ban smoking – along with the possession of tobacco products, including vape products, for people born after 2005 – can be effective in the long run.