Malaysia will legalize and tax nicotine e-cigarettes
Consumer products containing nicotine are currently illegal in Malaysia. When the Malaysian government formally formulates its plan to regulate and levy e-cigarette products, one of the world’s largest e-cigarette markets will eventually include legal nicotine
Several Malaysian news media reported today that the government has imposed a consumption tax on nicotine-containing e-liquid in its 2022 budget proposal. The decision was announced by the Minister of Finance Tengku Zafrul Aziz.
There is currently no detailed information on how to implement regulation and taxation. On October 26, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin notified the World Health Organization that Malaysia will regulate e-cigarette products to prevent young people from contacting e-cigarette products.
The Asia Pacific Harm Reduction Advocates Alliance (CAPHRA) confirmed this decision in a tweet, which congratulated Malaysian e-cigarette advocates for their “hard work to overcome this problem”.
Malaysia has long enjoyed a large and prosperous e-cigarette market-one of the largest e-cigarette markets in the world-although nicotine sales are illegal, except for licensed pharmacies and doctors, and can only be used for medical purposes. Although the police occasionally conduct large-scale raids and seize products suspected of containing nicotine, the government's enforcement of the law is uneven.
Consumer e-cigarette advocates and industry trade groups from MOVE Malaysia actively promoted reasonable supervision of nicotine e-cigarettes and successfully reported to the public in major Malaysian news media.
Malaysia will become a rare exception in Southeast Asia, where e-cigarette bans are widespread. Earlier this week, there were rumors that the government would soon legalize nicotine e-cigarettes, which caused anxiety among Malaysian tobacco control groups.
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