Khairy claims he was pressured to delist nicotine from Poisons Act

PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin claims he was pressured by the Finance Ministry to delist nicotine from the Poisons Act 1954 but resisted doing so.

The former health minister, in a recent episode of his "Keluar Sekejap" podcast claimed that the pressure came from the Finance Ministry as delisting nicotine would enable the government to collect taxes on nicotine-based products.