Health Minister: Withdrawal of nicotine from Poisons Act not akin to 'gambling on children's health' (www.nst.com.my)

submitted 1 year ago by cendawanita to c/news

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Firstly I'm so sorry it's an NST link - their news portal is infested with annoying ads that affects readability.

Secondly, I wish our journalists did the work to provide more context. Why is this an issue? What was the objection??

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] cendawanita 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the added context, that's useful! I'm of a different opinion on the function of public healthcare though, thank you

[-] AwesomeSteve 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some additional contexts from Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye [1].

NO one said vaping is a safe alternative to smoking.

So why are we now legitimising vaping when we are taking steps to introduce an anti-smoking law?

Currently, the law regarding the possession, distribution, and advertisement of electronic smoking devices (ESD) is too loose, allowing underage citizens to freely buy the products either at physical stores or online platforms.

Youths and children are easily attracted to ESD, commonly known as vapes, as they perceive the device as “the lesser evil”, cool and “harmless”.

Long story short, the move is viewed as a giant-ass obvious eyesore trojan horse for the Generational Endgame Bill which aims to stop and prevent smoking and vaping among children and teenagers, our future generations.

[1] https://www.thesundaily.my/opinion/support-the-generational-endgame-bill-GK10927515