Merokok dalam premis makanan, kompaun RM3.3 juta dikeluarkan
Kuala Lumpur: Sebanyak 13,331 notis kesalahan dengan nilai kompaun RM3.3 juta dikeluarkan kepada individu yang dikenal pasti merokok di premis makanan seluruh negara hingga Mac lalu. Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) berkata, sebanyak 948 notis kesalahan pula dikeluarkan mengikut Peraturan 12 (1) (a) Peraturan-Peraturan Kawalan Hasil Tembakau (PPKHT) (2004) iaitu gagal mempamerkan tanda larangan merokok dikeluarkan […]
You’ve Quit Smoking with Vaping. Now What?
This article is part of a series from Medscape on vaping. Every day, Sonia Sharma, PA, meets people like Natalie H., who is trying to quit vaping. Natalie, a member of the nicotine addiction support group at the University of California San Francisco’s Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center, switched from traditional cigarettes to vaping but found the electronic version […]
KACA MATAKU: How Heroin Smuggling Is Impacted By Dubious Nicotine Delisting Issue
Of late, a report on the seizure of heroin worth RM789.56mil that possibly went through Port Klang to Brisbane, does not augur well for Malaysia. It is said to be one of the largest of such seizures in recent time; the second largest of its kind in Australian history. According to the Penang Customs Department: […]
Vape lebih selamat dari rokok? Ini penjelasan pakar.
“Apa yang membimbangkan ialah tinjauan Tobacco & E-Cigarette (TECMA) 2016 menunjukkan 45% pengguna rokok elektronik tidak tahu jika vape mereka mengandungi nikotin atau tidak.” – Prof M Haniki Nik Mohamed Menurut pakar-pakar, keputusan kerajaan Malaysia pada 1 April 2023 untuk menghalalkan penggunaan cecair nikotin dalam produk vape dan rokok elektronik tanpa kawalan adalah amat berbahaya. […]
Konvensyen Pengilang dan Pengedar Vape di Malaysia? – Lokman Hakim
Khabarnya satu konvensyen pengilang dan pengedar vape telah diadakan di sini. Ramai peserta luar negara menyatakan keputusan kerajaan mengeluarkan racun nikotin dari Akta Racun mendorong mereka untuk datang ke Malaysia yang kini di anggap pasaran vape utama di rantau ini. Lihat lah kesan dasar yang saya anggap sonsang ini (bila racun nikotin dikeluarkan pada ketika […]
Cigarette smoking in 2021 lowest since 1965
Among the estimated 46 million U.S. adults who used tobacco products in 2021, cigarette smoking prevalence decreased while e-cigarette use increased, according to CDC data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “Although cigarette smoking decreased over the past year, e-cigarette use increased, from 3.7% to 4.5%, largely driven by higher prevalence in use among persons […]
KACA MATAKU: Reaching Out To Hannah Yeoh – Voice of Reasons For Youth of Malaysia
YB Hannah Yeoh, as minister of Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) is well known to be very sensitive to any issues affecting the cohort. She will be among the first to speak truth to power in raising any concerns bordering on unjust outcomes, unfair treatment or any forms of inequality across the board. Likewise, in […]
No, vapes aren’t 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Here’s how this decade-old myth took off
It’s 2013. The Harlem Shake is on the radio and e-cigarettes are becoming a thing. A group of researchers convene to discuss these and other products containing nicotine. In a 2014 paper detailing the outcomes of that meeting, the authors rated “electronic nicotine delivery systems” (e-cigarettes) as having “only 4%” of the maximum relative harm of cigarettes. […]
Gazette ketum as dangerous drug immediately – MASAC
KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Substance Abuse Council (MASAC) urged the government today to gazette ketum as a drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act before the end of the year. Its secretary-general Raja Azizan Suhaimi said the drastic measure to tackle ketum water addiction is to avoid an increase in new addicts due to an […]
How Malaysia’s Vape Industry Is Targeting Children — And Getting Away With It
Health experts denounce the recent marketing tactics of vape companies, especially after liquid nicotine was declassified, calling it an unethical and irresponsible attempt to normalise vaping among children and teens. KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 – Many companies advertise their brands on duit raya packets, a common tradition during festive seasons, especially Hari Raya celebrations, in Malaysia. While […]
