Anti-smoking council sounds alarm after Health Ministry officials seen chummy with tobacco industry reps

In a statement, the anti-smoking council said it is worried that the meeting would hinder the government’s effort to reduce tobacco consumption within the country. “In recent days, two senior officials, both section heads, with the Ministry of Health in the Disease Control Division were seen meeting with tobacco product industry officials.A social media post with pictures of these meetings was tagged as “meeting for future collaboration”.

members include the Malaysian Medical Association , National Cancer Council , National Cancer Society and Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations . Former health ministry Khairy Jamaluddin was a top advocate for anti-tobacco efforts in the country after introducing Generation End Game Bill last year which seeks to ban the use, possession and sale of cigarettes and vape products to those born after 2007.

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