Retailers stop displaying smoking products


Good thinking: While complying with the new regulations, some restaurants have filled their cigarette displays with other items. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Retailers and coffeeshops have started keeping smoking products in covered cabinets to comply with the new rule which started yesterday.

The Federation of Sundry Goods Merchants Associations of Malaysia president, Hong Chee Meng, said its grocery store members nationwide have complied with the Health Ministry’s directive by either removing cigarettes from display shelves or covering the cabinets with cloth.

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