From August 3, 2022, the sale and consumption of electronic smoking alternatives will be legal in Malaysia after persistent efforts by organizations, associations and unions to persuade the government to allow the circulation of smoking replacement products and the consequent improvement of public health.
“The government has done well in preparing legislation and regulations for products that are considered 95% less harmful than combustible tobacco. It fully understands that legal access to safer nicotine products is the only way to seriously reduce unjustifiably high smoking rates in Malaysia,” said the chairman of the Malaysian Organisation of Vape Entity, Samsul Kamal Ariffin, by referring to the proportion of 22.8% of Malaysians who smoke.
Chairwoman of the Coalition of the Asia-Pacific Advocates for Tobacco Harm Reduction said: “Malaysia will join 67 other progressive countries around the world that have adopted regulatory frameworks for safer nicotine products. Significantly, they all subsequently recorded a dramatic reduction in smoking. We are very proud of our participatory organization and tireless defence for many years. August 3rd is worthy of a great celebration and will be known throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Vapor bans are failing miserably – as Australia discovers the hard way.” by referring to the persistent ban remaining in close to association with Malaysia Australia.
And as Brazil, another country banning e-cigarettes, is changing its stance following pressure from industry and commerce and tax revenues incentivised from a large population in New South Wales, Australia, a statistical study and research linking consumption has been published for the first time, of the prohibited type of substitutes by smoking cessation as long as they are allowed only by prescription.
The survey from NSW University found that users of smoking alternatives, 15% of whom had sourced them online from abroad, were two and a quarter being 124% more likely to quit smoking by recommending the results for use in policy making.
“This study provides evidence that Australians who used e-cigarettes to attempt smoking cessation in 2019 were more successful than those who did not. Therefore, improving access to nicotine e-cigarettes in Australia is expected to help some Australian smokers quit smoking. The use of e-cigarettes in a smoking cessation effort has been positively linked to the smoking cessation success last year of Australian smokers trying to quit in 2019 despite restrictive regulations on their use.” reported the Statistical Survey from Australia where the overseas online supply of electronic substitutes was also banned in October 2021.
However, a similar study published by the University of California, USA, concluded that 60% of Americans who went into vaporization continued to smoke, implying that the remaining 40% quit smoking using what is considered to be the most effective method.
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