tobacco

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.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.

Malaysia's inflation rate for October 2024 has increased to 1.9 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent in September this year.

For the first time, Saudi Arabia is participating in the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition held recently in Zhuhai.

The coronation of Britain's King Charles cost taxpayers GBP72 million (US$90 million), official accounts have revealed.