Move forward with new anti-smoking law, say experts


Free from smoke: A no-smoking sign erected outside the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Instead of worrying about how MPs were influenced by big tobacco lobbyists into dropping the Generational Endgame (GEG) element in the anti-smoking law last year, experts say it is better to start focusing on enforcing the law that has been passed.

Malaysian Pharmacists Society (MPS) president Amrahi Buang and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Prof Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh both say it is too late to dwell on the past.

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