With a conservative estimate of five million smokers in the country, the expected passing of the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022 in Parliament will reduce the 25 billion cigarette butts indiscriminately discarded in the environment annually.
“Consider this, with cigarettes containing over 7,000 toxic chemicals, their butts that are indiscriminately discarded every day contribute the most litter on the planet. Zaki said the tobacco manufacturing process also generates liquid, solid and airborne waste. Hence, the Bill will also reduce such wastes and their environmental impact.
Amlir said based on an estimated figure of five million smokers in Malaysia, it is expected that about 70 million cigarette butts are discarded daily. Amlir said now that the legislation has been approved, the government must embark on education programmes to create awareness of the dangers of smoking and vaping.
Let's focus on the key points of the Act, not on the environment etc. Otherwise we can also argue for imposing carbon tax on all vehicles that use fossil fuels!
At the amount of spewing bull crap I won’t be surprised if this GEG bill to be touted as environment savior!
Exactly.
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