GEG up in smoke, lawmakers grill health minister

PARLIAMENT | Several lawmakers have trained their guns on Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa after the ministry dropped the tobacco and vape generational end game (GEG) provisions from the revised Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill.

MPs from both sides of the political divide did not mince their words in the Dewan Rakyat today when alleging that Zaliha and her ministry had kowtowed to tobacco lobbyists and industry players to snuff out the GEG clause from the bill.

This is despite Zaliha asserting yesterday that...