Health officials: Malaysia to push for strict law to police vapes, e-cigarettes | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 ― Malaysia is planning to introduce strict regulations on the sale and use of electronic cigarettes and vaporisers, health officials said today, as countries around the world move to ban devices that have been linked to deaths and youth addiction. India, which has the...

Tuesday, 01 Oct 2019 01:47 PM MYT

India, which has the second-largest population of adult smokers in the world, banned the sale of e-cigarettes last month as it warned of a vaping “epidemic” among young people. Public health officials in the United States recommended against using e-cigarettes after 12 deaths and 805 cases of illnesses linked to e-cigarette use were reported.

“Increasingly more studies have shown vape/electronic cigarettes ... are still harmful to human health. Furthermore, vapes/e-cigarettes are still not proven to be an effective modality to quit smoking,” it said in an email.

 

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