Its president Dr M Murallitharan said they had constantly engaged with the executive and legislative branches of the government but the outcomes were unsatisfactory.
"MCTC had repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that delisting nicotine would lead to a 'lacuna' in which this harmful substance would be widely available to the public for consumption," he told a press conference here on Tuesday .He said the hasty decision to delist nicotine from the Poisons List was something MCTC along with various public health experts and organisations consistently spoke against.
On June 30, MCTC along with the Malaysian Green Lung Association and Voice of the Children filed a legal challenge over the Health Ministry’s decision to remove nicotine from the list of controlled substances under the Poisons Act 1952. "This is part of the democratic processes of law and is a request to review the decision made, rather than targeting individuals or the government with any political motive in mind," he added.
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