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The Divisive GEG Bill, Almost To The Finishing Line

Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Consultant Respiratory Physician & Technical Advisor on Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health

07-Oct-22 08:30

The Divisive GEG Bill, Almost To The Finishing Line

The government is hoping to embark on an ambitious legislative initiative in the generational end-game tobacco bill, which would stop the sale of tobacco products to those born in 2007 and beyond. Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Technical Advisor to Ministry of Health on tobacco control, gives us an update on whether and when it will be passed in Parliament.


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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning


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Tags:  anti smoking bill,  geg bill,  vape,  cigarettes,  parliament,  khairy jamaluddin,  tobacco industry, 


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