Poisoned Toddler Now Poster Child In Fight Against Nicotine Delisting – Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak writes that pending passage of the tobacco bill, thousands of Malaysian children aged 6-12 years risk becoming vape-aholics, through no fault of their own, due to the delisting of liquid nicotine. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who, at the global body’s weekly media conference, said that electronic cigarettes (vapes) are a trap to […]
Sokongi RUU GEG untuk negara bebas asap rokok
Georgetown: Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) merayu Ahli Parlimen untuk menyokong Rang Undang-Undang (RUU) Kawalan Produk Merokok bersama peruntukan Generasi Penamat (GEG) bagi menyelamatkan ribuan nyawa anak muda. Menerusi RUU berkenaan, negara ini sudah pasti bakal mempunyai generasi yang bebas merokok. Pegawai Pendidikan CAP yang juga aktivis anti merokok NV Subbarow berkata, Malaysia akan berada […]
SURAT TERBUKA KEPADA AHLI-AHLI PARLIMEN
SOKONG PEMBENTANGAN AKTA KAWALAN BAHARU PRODUK TEMBAKAU DAN MEROKOK SERTA PELAKSANAAN GENERASI PENAMAT ROKOK (GENERATIONAL END GAME) DALAM SIDANG DEWAN RAKYAT YANG BERSIDANG PADA BULAN JUN 2023 INI Kami, dari Tobacco End Game Alliance (TEGA) yang terdiri daripada Malaysian Green Lung Association (Green Lung), Persatuan Kesihatan IKRAM Malaysia (IKRAM Health), Medical Mythbusters Malaysia (M3), Portal […]
Notis dikeluarkan kerana gagal pamer tanda larangan merokok
BELURAN: Dua notis dikeluarkan terhadap dua syarikat bas penumpang antara daerah yang gagal mempamerkan tanda larangan merokok dalam kenderaan atau pengangkutan awam.Nilai kompaun setiap notis yang dikeluarkan ialah RM500. Notis dikeluarkan menerusi pemeriksaan pada operasi penguatkuasaan Peraturan-Peraturan Kawalan Hasil Tembakau (PPKHT) 2004 bagi pengangkutan awam yang dilaksanakan Pejabat Kesihatan Kawasan Beluran di Sekatan Jalanraya Sapi-Nangoh, di […]
KL’s battle to snuff out cigarettes rages on 4 years later
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite massive media campaigns and stern warnings, KL’s battle to eradicate errant smokers in food premises rages on. The smoking ban in eateries, under Regulation 11 of Tobacco Products Control Regulations 2004 (PPKHT) was introduced on Jan 1, 2019. Following this, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) embarked on information campaigns through the mass and […]
Clearing the air on the tobacco generational endgame Bill
In 2012, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation released an anti-smoking advertisement that went viral due to the stars of the advertisement: children. In the video clip, children would approach adults smoking in public to ask them for a light. Invariably, each adult would refuse and explain to the child why they should not smoke. One […]
MMA calls MPs to back tobacco control bill
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has called on all members of parliament (MPs) to vote in support of the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill, which is expected to be tabled during the current sitting. MMA president Dr Muruga Raj Rajathurai said MPs should prioritise Malaysians’ health, adding that this was an opportunity to […]
Make health of M’sians your highest priority by voting for GEG, MMA tells MPs
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) President Dr Muruga Raj Rajathurai has called on all Members of Parliament (MPs) to make the health of Malaysians its highest priority by voting in support of the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill which will be tabled in June. He said this in his speech at the 28th National […]
RUU kawalan rokok, vape dibentang awal Jun
Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan, Lukanisman Awang Sauni berkata, Jemaah Menteri bersetuju KKM membawa RUU itu untuk bacaan kali pertama. MELAKA: Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) berharap Rang Undang-undang (RUU) Kawalan Produk Merokok Demi Kesihatan Awam 2023 yang akan mengawal selia semua produk merokok, termasuk bahan merokok mengandungi nikotin yang digunakan untuk tujuan merokok, dibentangkan pada sidang Parlimen awal […]
Jangan terpedaya dakwaan vape lebih baik daripada rokok
SHAH ALAM – Orang ramai diingatkan tidak mudah terpedaya dengan dakwaan penggunaan vape kurang mudaratnya berbanding rokok apatah lagi bagi mengurangkan ketagihannya. Menurut Yang Dipertua Ikram Health Malaysia, Dr Mohd Afiq Mohd Nor, masih tiada bukti saintifik yang menyokong dakwaan berkenaan kerana kedua-dua produk tersebut mempunyai bahaya tersendiri. “Sehingga sekarang tiada mana-mana syarikat pengeluar berkaitan, […]
