Tobacco Bill At A Critical Juncture

Khairy Jamaluddin, Former Health Minister

14-Jun-23 08:30

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The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill which has been 13 years in the making is facing a critical juncture as it has now been referred to the Parliament Special Committee after its first reading instead of being debated and voted on. We speak to former Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin for this thoughts on this development and should the GEG be decoupled from the bill

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Mark Tan

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Categories: government, controversies, Law/Activism, health policy, wellness

Tags: geg bill, khairy jamaluddin, health ministry,

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