KUALA LUMPUR: The judicial review filed by three NGOs against the Health Ministry for removing nicotine from the Poisons List was a last resort after other approaches failed, says the Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC).
Its president Dr M Murallitharan said they had constantly engaged with the executive and legislative branches of the government but the outcomes were unsatisfactory.
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