MyWatch supports calls for RCI on Tobacco Bill


PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Women’s Action for Tobacco Control and Health (MyWatch) has called on the Rulers Council to consider a request for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on health.

It said the RCI is needed especially on issues impacting the delisting of nicotine from Poisons Act 1952, tobacco and related industries interference on the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health 2023 and the elimination of the Generational Endgame (GEG).

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