Malaysia to regulate Vaping (means its officially legalized!)

[retired1]

Ummm, y'all need to read up on what regulation means. The US is planning on "regulating" vaping as well, and it doesn't mean it'll be all sunshine and roses.

It appears Malaysia is going to do its very best to regulate vaping out of existence. This is NOT good news, nor is it something you should be cheering about.

 

[rustl3r]

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Source?

It in malay. Seller need to have licence to sell juice containing nicotine

http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/90369?m=1

 

[macis]

translate?

 

[rustl3r]

translate?

I am not gd in translating leh

 

[DragonSG]

Seize contains nicotine flavor vape
By Hairulazim Mahmud
azim@hmetro.com.my


Kuala Lumpur: The Ministry of Health will launch a snatch operation flavor vape or electronic cigarettes containing nicotine in the market.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said, the action was taken under the Poisons Act 1952 and the Food Act 1983.

"Sales of flavors that contain nicotine without a license is against the law.


"We will act decisively. Malaysians should not vape breath of fresh air," he told reporters after launching the Healthy Eating Campaign Deepavali here, this afternoon.

The government had decided not to ban the use vape.

The Ministry of Health has launched an awareness campaign related disadvantages vape all over the country.

This article was published on:
- See more at: Rampas perisa vape mengandungi nikotin

 

[macis]

guessed the msia govt wanted to regulate e-cig by taxing nic.

 

[Comrade Vape]

I'm pretty sure those mama shops that already sell cigarettes and tobacco should be exempt from this. Just a guess tho.

 

[KenshinAdryan]

Btw.. they are already selling e juice in mama shops just after the gates of mordor..

 

[Comrade Vape]

Btw.. they are already selling e juice in mama shops just after the gates of mordor..

Exactly. Good ol' elves.

 

[seraphe]

Subramaniam: Health Ministry to confiscate vaping fluids with nicotine - Nation | The Star Online

 

[rustl3r]

Operations seize has begun..... few shop already kena raid. Not sure which area.

 

[Comrade Vape]

Hoping it's still confined to the capital.

 

[RichardA]

Over a few hundred shops have been raided and hundred of thousands of ringgit worth of vapes have been confiscated. The same day this .... law was put into motion, they raised the price of cigarettes by 40%.

It makes it look like they penalize the tobacco industry on one hand, but give them back the 'customers' they have lost to vaping on the other, by forcing a lot of shops to close up.

And, it is happening down south of Malaysia too, but not as severe as in the capital.

If they want to actually enforce this, it should have been done with greater care and have given time for the reality of this 'poison law' to set in with the people, not outright raids within 24 hours of informing. Heck, they have not raided anyone so fast before in history.

 

[Comrade Vape]

Over a few hundred shops have been raided and hundred of thousands of ringgit worth of vapes have been confiscated. The same day this .... law was put into motion, they raised the price of cigarettes by 40%.

It makes it look like they penalize the tobacco industry on one hand, but give them back the 'customers' they have lost to vaping on the other, by forcing a lot of shops to close up.

And, it is happening down south of Malaysia too, but not as severe as in the capital.

If they want to actually enforce this, it should have been done with greater care and have given time for the reality of this 'poison law' to set in with the people, not outright raids within 24 hours of informing. Heck, they have not raided anyone so fast before in history.

That last line..

Will there be a civil war? Violent insurrection?

 

[RichardA]

Over this? I hardly think so. What needs to be done is more dialog by other ministers who are not against vaping. The same ministers that helped in the efforts of not banning vaping.

The worse case scenario, we will vape 0mg/0% nicotine .. what can they do about that?

 

[ckquatt]

Maybe I'm missing something. If they decided not to ban vaping (as the article states) why are SWAT teams raid shops and confiscating inventory? I'm confused.


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[Comrade Vape]

It's a crazy world.

 

[Comrade Vape]

I reckon infantry and armour units will be deployed to put down these vape shops and any resistance.

 

[RichardA]

Government says no ban to vaping. So the Health Department did not get what they wanted. So, they use the Poison Act to put nicotine as part of it and begun a ruthless enforcement to raid stores which sell nicotine.

If the vape shop operator had a qualified pharmacist, they would not have been able to confiscate any vapes with nicotine, but come on, which vape shops are going to employ a certified pharmacist.

Don't for a moment, think that the MoH has our health in their interest. They don't. They talk a lot that they do, but, they don't. Its all about the money... or the lost of it from the tobacco companies.

 

[Comrade Vape]

"So what happens next?"

"What usually happens when people without guns go up against people *with* guns."


- V for Vendetta