The anti-smoking NGO said that while the proposed excise duty on vape products would be a great first step to tackling the relatively unregulated vape product industry, the actual tariff imposed should not be a one-size fits all blanket tariff but should instead target vape products based on its nicotine content.
The NGO also lauded the government’s decision to channel half of the proceeds from the excise duty to the Health Ministry as an effort to improve the quality of health services, stressing that the ministry must also play its part in utilising the additional money given.
Once we tax it it will never be be banned in Malaysia. The main reason for their ban in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, etc.