A lack of transparency often renders murky the water in which governments seem to swim with organizations both in favor of and opposed to various activities.Read More
Tags :Malaysia
It seems difficult to get those in authority to say that vaping e-liquids without nicotine is legal in no-smoking zones, though they will say that such activity is not banned.Read More
Is Malaysia's tobacco smoking ban in eateries irrational? Perhaps, if customers are still left exposed to the smoke and fumes from heating fuels and cooking oils. Read More
Given that tomatoes and potatoes contain nicotine, they presumably can no longer be offered at Malaysian eateries. Read More
While the public has been asked to be the 'eyes and ears' of a tobacco smoking ban, that surely should be the 'eyes and noses'. It is extremely difficult to hear somebody smoking.Read More
Malaysia's Ministry of Health seems to have acted sensibly in not applying graphic cigarette health warnings to heat-not-burn tobacco sticks.Read More
In Malaysia, taxes on heat-not-burn tobacco sticks are lower than they are on combustible cigarettes. This makes sense because the former is a lower-risk alternative to the latter.Read More
It's a sign of the times, perhaps, that somebody seems to be out to profit from tobacco smoking bans.Read More
Given the devastation caused by the effects of smoking and obesity; if vaping can be proved to help people give up the former and stave off the latter, it should surely be widely promoted.Read More
It is difficult to understand how a person vaping with nicotine, which is illegal, could be easily distinguished from somebody vaping without nicotine, which is legal.Read More