Australian tobacco harm reduction expert says that vaping products can play a crucial role in helping Malaysia achieve its Tobacco Endgame 2040 goal.
Author of evidence-based self-help guide Stop Smoking Start Vaping, Dr, Colin Mendelsohn, is an Australian smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction (THR) expert.
“It should be encouraged as a quitting aid for the many Malaysian adult smokers who are unable to quit with other methods, as is the case in the United Kingdom and New Zealand,” said Mendelsohn as quoted by FocusM.
The Government’s Tobacco Endgame 2040 is a strategy to make Malaysia a tobacco-free nation by 2040, and as part of the programme the local Government has recently announced plans to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, vape, and e-cigarettes to anyone after 2005.
“This is by making it illegal for the sale of tobacco and other smoking products to anyone born after 2005,” said Jamaluddin. “Malaysia feels that it will have a significant impact on preventing and controlling NCDs (non-communicable diseases),” he added.
Diane Caruana – VapingPost – 2022-04-26
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