Ban e-cigarettes and vaping devices, Govt urged


Mohideen (right) and CAP education officer V. Subbarow showing samples of e-cigarettes and vaping devices.

THE Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the Federal Government to impose a blanket ban on e-cigarettes and vaping devices (EVC).

Its president Mohideen Abdul Kader said 12 deaths were reported in 805 vaping-related lung illnesses in the United States, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

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