PETALING JAYA: The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the proposal by the Health Ministry to ban the sale of tobacco products to those born after 2005.
CAP training officer NV Subbarow mentioned it has been combating for this for over 40 years and a scarcity of enforcement had seen kids as younger as 10 smoking, with ladies aged 12 additionally selecting up vaping.
“The ease of acquiring these products has resulted in lots of being keen to strive them.
“You also can go to any nook of the nation and buy such products with out issues,” mentioned Subbarow, an anti-smoking activist for the previous 35 years.
Subbarrow added that sellers didn’t trouble asking prospects their age as they wished to become profitable.
He mentioned this might end in a rise of youths with cancer-related ailments nationwide.
“This is a determine we don’t need to enhance.
“Strict enforcement ought to be carried out as we would like a wholesome era of youths,” he mentioned.
On Jan 26, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin mentioned he hoped the laws banning the sale of tobacco and different associated products to those born after 2005 can be handed this yr.
He mentioned this on the a hundred and fiftieth Session of the WHO’s Executive Board Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
