By Yasmin Ramlan KLANG, May 22 — The Selangor government is ramping up enforcement against vape stores as hundreds are operating without proper licences, especially in urban areas. State executive councillor for tourism and local government Dato’ Ng Suee Lim said the matter was recently...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — A nationwide ban on vape products is urgently needed to address rising health risks and drug-related abuse among youths, says Alliance for a Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

PUTRAJAYA, May 13 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has set up a special committee to address electronic cigarette misuse, especially among school students, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

KUALA SELANGOR, May 13 — State executive councillors will discuss the proposal to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes in Selangor, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.

By Sofia Nasir SHAH ALAM, May 12 — Local e-cigarette producer Nanostix Innovations Sdn Bhd has asked the government to ban foreign e-cigarette liquid as a stricter enforcement move. Its CEO Shahabudeen Jalil said the measure would be to ensure only products that meet quality and safety...

SHAH ALAM, Feb 21 — Police dismantled an illegal lab processing vape (electronic cigarette) liquid laced with drugs after raiding two apartments and a shop lot in Seri Kembangan on Monday and seizing drugs worth RM9.92 million.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 19 — The government will continue to adopt a regulatory approach to vaping through the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852), which came into effect on October 1, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

BANDAR BAHARU, Nov 17 — Urine tests not only detect drugs taken conventionally but also via electronic cigarettes (vapes), warned Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — A total of 190 smoking products and electronic cigarette/vape producers have registered their products with the Health Ministry (MOH), the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

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SHAH ALAM, March 25 — Police have not received any reports over claims that 10 teenage boys died after being addicted to a vape liquid laced with a drug known as ‘magic mushroom’.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 11 — The Health Ministry (KKM) has launched a survey to gather feedback and views from all Malaysians on the Generational End Game (GEG) initiative, said its minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — The move to impose an excise tax on the sale of vape liquids or gels is one of the moderate approaches taken by the government to regulate smoking products containing nicotine and stop the smoking habit among people in this country, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

TAIPING, Sept 2 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is not oppressing electronic cigarette or vape operators following several series of raids and seizures conducted by the authorities earlier.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 9 — A man believed to have placed an e-cigarette (vape) into a baby's mouth during an incident at a restaurant in Bandar Baru Uda, here recently, was arrested yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — Police arrested six local men and seized items worth more than RM3.6 million through ‘Op Kontraban’ raids, carried out at two separate locations in Selangor and Johor on Wednesday and Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is expected to table the draft of a new act to regulate the use of tobacco and electronic cigarette products in the first session of the Dewan Rakyat sitting next year.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — A married couple pleaded not guilty at the Selayang Session Court today to a charge of neglecting their son aged one year and nine months by making the toddler vape, in which a video clip of the incident went viral on social media early last month.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The police have arrested a man allegedly shown in a viral video making his two-and-a-half-year-old son vape on Sunday (May 2).

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 8 — Excise duty for electronic cigarette devices, non-electronic cigarette devices as well as electronic cigarettes and vape gel or juices, including non-nicotine types, will be imposed during importation, with exceptions given to local manufacturers, said Royal Malaysian Customs Department director-general Datuk Seri Abdul Latif Abdul Kadir.