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National Poison Centre calls for control measures after recording five-fold hike in e-cigarette poisoning

The National Poison Centre (NPC) of Universiti Sains Malaysia has recorded a five-fold increase in poisoning cases due to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) exposure last year. The NPC drug and poison information services chief pharmacist Sulastri Samsudin said there was an increase of 30.6 per cent last year compared to 2019. She said there was also a change in trend where more teenagers...
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Fads are a debt trap for the youth

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on Malaysians to face the reality of the global economic downturn in the midst of geopolitical uncertainties. Overspending has driven our youth to the brink of bankruptcy through an unsustainable lifestyle of spending as much as they have and using credit cards when the money runs out. The statistics of youths in debt are shocking. Last year’s UCSI...
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Publish the A-GC’s advice that the Generational End Game (GEG) provision is unconstitutional

The Health Minister stated in Parliament last Wednesday that the GEG component of the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2024 (Tobacco Bill) was dropped on the advice of the Attorney General’s Chambers (A-GC) and not as a result of tobacco industry players lobbying MPs in Parliament. The A-GC’s advice was revealed only on the day the Bill was passed, justifying the GEG...
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