Malaysia: e-cigarette regulation, December 2024

Vaping products were unregulated in Malaysia until October 2024, when the country put a comprehensive regulatory framework for them into operation.

Initial plans included introducing severe measures, such as a flavour ban and plain packaging, but in the end, moderate restrictions were enacted instead.

This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory framework currently in place in Malaysia for e-cigarettes, covering all policy areas from product and packaging restrictions, to advertising and taxation.

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Sergi Riudalbas

Legal analyst
Sergi holds a Master’s degree in European Union Law from the University of Amsterdam, where he also participated in the Fair Work and Equality Law Clinic. He graduated in Law from the University of Barcelona in 2019. He worked as a legal research intern at Global Human Rights Defence, an NGO that monitors human rights violations worldwide. He also engaged in a traineeship programme in an Egyptian law firm in 2019, arranged by AIESEC.

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