GEG bill to be tabled for first reading on June 12


KUALA LUMPUR: The anti-smoking bill dubbed as the Generational Endgame (GEG) will be tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on June 12 (Monday), says Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa (pic).

"We have gotten the date for the first reading," she said during a media briefing on the Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill 2023 in Parliament on Tuesday (June 6).

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