JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 12 — The Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC) on the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022 will meet for the first time next week, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — The Dewan Rakyat today passed a motion to refer the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill which targets the Generation End Game (GEG) for smoking by 2040 to a parliamentary select committee.

PUTRAJAYA, July 30 — A total of two million lives can be saved and smoking-related diseases can be prevented in the period up till 2040 if the proposed Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Act 2022 comes into force.

PUTRAJAYA, July 30 — The Tobacco and Smoking Products Control Bill 2022 which aims to create a Generational End-Game (GEG), referring to individuals born on January 1, 2007, onwards and are non-smokers, will not affect the country’s economy, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

CYBERJAYA, July 22 — MPs should not use the issue of illicit markets for cigarettes and vaping as an excuse to not support the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill when it is tabled at the Dewan Rakyat next week, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Julai — Malaysia E-Vaporizers and Tobacco Alternative Association (Mevta) has stated its support to the Generational End-Game (GEG) suggestion in the Tobacco Product and Smoking Control Bill 2022 that is scheduled to be tabled at the upcoming parliamentary sitting.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — A total of 30,311 notices for offences related to smoking in public places were issued from January to June this year, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Malaysia hopes to be the first country in the world to enact a tobacco generational endgame when a proposed landmark legislation is brought to Parliament next month, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The government does not control the price of the Covid-19 vaccines administered by private health facilities following the end of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) today, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is studying a proposal to not allow the display of tobacco product brand packaging in line with the amendment to the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill.