00:00All restaurants do not need to sell cigarettes, said a health expert.
00:06Reaffirming the agreement of the Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Employers Association so that mamak shops no longer sell cigarettes,
00:12the President of the Association for Early Health Treatment of Malaysia, Dr. Jamaluddin Abdul Rahman, said the action should be praised.
00:20He said all owners of restaurants should follow the suggestion.
00:24It has nothing to do with the premise that Presma is only in the effort to help the government prevent smoking.
00:30Last month, President Presma Jawahar Ali Taib Khan said that so far more than 40% of the 12,000 premises under the Association no longer sell cigarettes.
00:42The Prohibition of Smoking Products for Public Health in 2024, which was passed on February 2,
00:49is in full force with regulations and orders under it starting last October 1.
00:55According to Senada, public health expert Dr. Lokman Hakim Sulaiman,
01:01the step could reduce the possibility of smoking products and change the future of the next generation.