Smoking Products Control Act for Public Health 2024 enforced from Oct 1

The Smoking Products Control Act for Public Health 2024 (Act 852) will take effect on October 1, said the Health Ministry.

“This Act covers regulations on the registration, sale, packaging, labelling, and the prohibition of smoking in public places.

“The rules and orders that will be enforced include electronic cigarettes,” said the ministry in a Facebook post late Tuesday night (Sept 24).

In May, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that the ministry would fully enforce the Act in June to address the increase in the use of electronic cigarettes by young people.

The ministry was previously criticised as there was no enforcement of Act 852, regulations to ban the sale of vapes to minors could not be enforced.