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Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the six-month educational enforcement period for the ban is sufficient.

M'sia has not increased tobacco taxes for eight consecutive years, missing critical opportunities to reduce consumption via fiscal measures.

KBS will not approve allocations if tobacco, e-cigarette or alcohol companies are involved, following amendments to the Safe Sport Code.

Big tobacco companies and new entrants have begun offering smoking alternatives such as vapes, which they say are aimed at adult smokers.

Set to take effect from July, the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the world would have banned sales to those born after Jan. 1, 2009.

WHO has urged governments to treat e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours.

The WHO called for changes, including bans on all flavouring agents like menthol, and the application of tobacco control measures to vapes.

The Dewan Rakyat passed the Control of Smoking Products and Public Health 2023 Bill via voice vote today.

The syndicate is alleged to be linked to the movement of over $648.9 million through firearm, drug, tobacco, and money laundering offences.

French President Emmanuel Macron also aims to make all 20-year-olds tobacco-free by 2030.

Public health advocates argue that the bill is necessary to protect the health of future generations.

The bill aims to control the sale and purchase of tobacco products, smoking materials, tobacco substitute products and smoking devices,

Smoking remains relatively widespread in Switzerland with 9,500 people dying prematurely every year as a result of tobacco consumption.

The government may be 'gambling' for a shorter-term gain in tax-based revenues.

The government and members of parliament must find the moral courage to step up and do the right thing and table the proposed Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill.

The United States, part of the G7, has rejected the ICC decision, with President Joe Biden describing it as outrageous.

A legend who has influenced our music for decades, was one of the highlights of my career, says Francissca Peter.

Judges are reviewing TikTok's challenge to a law requiring ByteDance to sell its US assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, "We're close" but "nothing is done until everything is done".

Chaebols are prominent figures from South Korea's family-owned conglomerates.

The implementation of the RON95 subsidy in 2025 is expected to provide savings of RM3.6 billion to government expenditure.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam says the market responded positively to news of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent heading the US Treasury Department.

Also among the highlights, UNICEF report on 12.3pct of teenagers in Klang Valley's PPR face mental health issues and suicidal tendencies.

Here are the resolution's main terms, and a note about subsequent violations and tensions.

So far this year there have been 281 aid worker victims, according to the Aid Worker Security database.