Over 160,000 notices issued under smoking control law as of Nov 30


PETALING JAYA: A total of 160,839 compound notices have been issued nationwide under the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 as of Nov 30 last year, says the Health Ministry.

In a statement on Thursday (Jan 8), it said the enforcement actions were carried out under Operation Safe Lungs (Ops Selamat PaPa), launched to strengthen enforcement of the Act, particularly against the manufacturing, distribution and sale of all types of smoking products.

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