KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 – Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has now said it will not issue vape licences to traders, after the move by Johor and Kelantan to ban the sale of vape. DBKL licensing and petty traders management department director Ibrahim Yussof said DBKL had stopped accepting applications from retailers, in effect, banning the sale of the smoking alternative in the federal territory.
“DBKL will not accept any application from vape traders and will not issue vape licences to traders. DBKL had received only one application for a vape sales licence and had rejected it. Meanwhile, DBKL’s top management was still discussing what should be done to existing retailers,” Ibrahim said here today.
Kuala Lumpur which announce to banned the vape was follows the recent moves by Johor and Kelantan. Johor authorities have banned the sale of e-cigarettes after Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar ordered the closure of vape outlets effective January 1. In Kelantan, Datuk Abdul Fattah Mahmood, chairman of the local government, housing and sports committee, was reported saying that 350 operators in the state had 14 days, starting December 16, to close their businesses.
