Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has criticised the government for missing a consequential landmark legislation for public health.
This came after the government dropped provisions related to the tobacco and vape ban based on age from the revised Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill, which was tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.
Khairy, the architect of the original bill, ‘congratulated’ the big tobacco and vape industry, claiming that the latter had “won”.
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