IT is incumbent upon the incoming government to proceed with the adoption of the tobacco generational endgame (GEG) law soonest possible and also ban the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) completely. Allowing the use of ENDS to continue could create a massive drug addiction problem for generations to come as it’s an accepted fact that illicit drugs can be packed in e-liquid bottles.
In November 2019, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) explicitly warned that vape should be banned – not regulated – because it is impossible to monitor the hundreds of both legal and illegal e-liquid brands in the market.
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