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Daily Express
03-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Express
Ban vapes nationwide, Pahang sultan says it again
Published on: Thursday, July 03, 2025 Published on: Thu, Jul 03, 2025 By: FMT Reporters Text Size: Pahang ruler Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said the use of vapes will only cause further harm to the people. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: Pahang ruler Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah today repeated his call for a countrywide ban on e-cigarettes and vapes. Al-Sultan Abdullah said the use of vapes should be banned as a whole given its prevalence among the younger generation and the adverse effects on health, Bernama reported. 'Vaping should be banned completely. We must not be lenient, it will only cause further harm to our people,' he said, noting that the Pahang government had already taken steps to implement such a ban. In urging the federal government to ban e-cigarettes and vapes last November, the sultan had described them as a gateway of sorts to drug addiction. Since then, several state governments have decided to enforce a ban on vape sales, following in the footsteps of Johor and Kelantan which implemented such prohibitions in 2016 and 2015, respectively. They include Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah, while the Pahang state government has moved to ban the use of vapes as a whole. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
03-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Express
Pahang sultan says it again: ban vapes nationwide
Published on: Thursday, July 03, 2025 Published on: Thu, Jul 03, 2025 By: FMT Reporters Text Size: Pahang ruler Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said the use of vapes will only cause further harm to the people. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: Pahang ruler Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah today repeated his call for a countrywide ban on e-cigarettes and vapes. Al-Sultan Abdullah said the use of vapes should be banned as a whole given its prevalence among the younger generation and the adverse effects on health, Bernama reported. 'Vaping should be banned completely. We must not be lenient, it will only cause further harm to our people,' he said, noting that the Pahang government had already taken steps to implement such a ban. In urging the federal government to ban e-cigarettes and vapes last November, the sultan had described them as a gateway of sorts to drug addiction. Since then, several state governments have decided to enforce a ban on vape sales, following in the footsteps of Johor and Kelantan which implemented such prohibitions in 2016 and 2015, respectively. They include Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah, while the Pahang state government has moved to ban the use of vapes as a whole. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
South China Morning Post
15-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Malaysian durian farmers clash with authorities over thorny issue of illegal orchards
A stand-off between Malaysian durian farmers and authorities wanting to raze illegal plantations of the fruit, much coveted in China, escalated this week with the arrest of a lawmaker. Advertisement For weeks tensions have mounted in Pahang over control of the state's lucrative durian trade , with allegations of orchards encroaching on government land. The trespass claims prompted state ruler Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah to issue a rallying cry against such farms saying: 'My blood boils … it is time for us to be firm against those who encroach on Pahang land.' Malaysia's durian exports reached 1.14 billion ringgit (US$258 million) in 2022, driven largely by global top importer, China . Exports surged last year after Malaysia signed a deal with Beijing allowing the shipment of fresh durians. Shipments were previously restricted to frozen products. In the past week alone, authorities in the Raub district of Pahang, a key durian-growing state, have felled over 1,000 trees – many of them of the prized Musang King variety – claiming the farms were illegally established on state land. Musang King durian from Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock Tensions between farmers and the authorities boiled over with the arrest of Raub MP Chow Yu Hui on Monday for obstructing enforcement officers.
