Enforcement action on smoking should not penalise business owners


MALAYSIA’S Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852) was designed to protect public health, a goal few would dispute. However, enforcement must be fair and practical.

Holding business owners jointly liable when customers choose to flout the law shifts responsibility away from the actual offender and onto parties who lack the power to fully prevent such behaviour.

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