Key Points
- Venue: Dewan Rakyat (Malaysia’s Lower House of Parliament).
- Speaker: Suhaizan Kaiat, Chairman of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Health.
- Product Features: Devices shaped like USB pens, toys, and color pencils, with bright colors including pink.
- Main Concern: Vapes marketed to minors and designed to mislead enforcement authorities.
- Future Warning: Manufacturers may develop even more “creative” designs to attract youths.
According to The Star on August 27, during a Dewan Rakyat session on the same day, Malaysia’s Health Parliamentary Special Select Committee Chairman Suhaizan Kaiat displayed a range of vape products and briefed the House on the dangers of vaping and underage smoking.
Suhaizan pointed out that these vapes are manufactured in various forms, such as USB pens, children’s toys, and color pencils, with the intention of attracting minors and misleading enforcement authorities. He showed parliamentarians three different types of vapes, including disposable ones.
From the news images of vape packaging shown in Parliament, brands such as GEEKBAR and UWELL could be seen.
“These vapes come in a variety of colors. For example, there is one in pink that would appeal to children, and another designed to look like a pen,” he said.
Suhaizan added that manufacturers will likely become increasingly “creative” over time, stressing the need for constant monitoring and regulation to prevent vapes from further penetrating the youth market.
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