KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 – The Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam said today that they will start to crackdown on vaping. He said a nationwide campaign would be carried out soon to curb the use of liquid containing unlicensed nicotine in e-cigarettes.
“The e-cigarettes with the liquid will be confiscated. Meanwhile, the campaign will be also a continuous process within the law. We will use the Poisons Act 1952 and Food Act 1983,” he said at a press conference on Healthy Eating Campaign in conjuction with Deepavali here today.
Under the Poisons Act, nicotine is deemed as a category C poison that could only be sold or supplied as dispensed medicine or an ingredient in dispensed medicine by licensed practitioners. Nicotine in tobacco is exempted from the Act as tobacco control is regulated under the Food Act.
Dr Subramaniam advised people not to use e-cigarettes, saying that vaping was harmful to their health. E-cigarettes, personal vapourisers or electronic nicotine delivery systems are battery-powered vapourisers that simulate the feeling of smoking, but without the tobacco combustion.
