12 Bills passed at third meeting of Second Term of 15th Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The Third Meeting of the Second Term of the 15th Parliament adjourned sine die yesterday after sitting for 32 days from...
Dewan Rakyat to focus on winding up Smoking Control Bill debate today
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The winding up of the debate on the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health 2023 Bill will be the focus of the...
Over 9,000 compounds issued for smoking, dengue-related offences
PUTRAJAYA, NOV 17 — A total of 9,743 compounds were issued by the Health Ministry last month for smoking and dengue-fever-related offences. Health Director-General Datuk...
Compounds worth ovre RM1 mln for smoking offences issued last month
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 — The Ministry of Health (KKM) issued a total of 4,884 compounds worth RM1.203 million throughout last month for smoking offences, said...
Youths at risk of cancer due to smoking, unhealthy diet, excessive sugar intake
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 — The risk of cancer involving young people aged between 15 and 49 is due to an unhealthy diet, the excessive consumption...
Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill to be tabled June 12
KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — The Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill 2023 will be tabled for first reading in Parliament on June...
Over 30,000 smoking violation notices issued last year — Health Deputy D-G
IPOH, May 26 — A total of 30,648 notices with compound value of RM7.6 million were issued nationwide for smoking in eateries last year, said...
MOH ready to table control of smoking product for public health bill
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 – The Ministry of Health (MOH) is ready to table the Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill, which includes...
Australian govt takes action to reduce smoking, stamp out vaping
CANBERRA, May 2 — The Australian government decided on Tuesday to take strong action to reduce smoking and stamp out vaping, particularly among young people...
Screenings found 43,019 secondary school students smoke cigarettes
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Screenings conducted on 1.3 million secondary school students through the Oral Health Tobacco-Free (Kotak) programme last year found that a...
New bill to regulate smoking products to be tabled in May
PUTRAJAYA, April 1 — The Health Ministry (MoH) will table a new bill that seeks to regulate all smoking products, including smoking materials containing nicotine...
KL, Putrajaya health enforcement personnel start using body cameras
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — Enforcement personnel of the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Health Department has begun using body cameras for cracking...