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Budget 2027: CAP calls for higher cigarette tax to deter youth smoking

Consumer group says higher tobacco prices could discourage young people from taking up smoking and encourage existing smokers to quit

Smoking to cost more: BAT Malaysia lights up price tags with new cigarette rates

Cigarette prices for top brands will rise between RM12.40 and RM18.40 per pack starting November 21, 2025

Kelantan turns up the heat on smoking, vaping with RM2mil in fines

Ops Paru-Paru is making waves — racking up RM2 million in fines, busting over 500 illegal vape syndicates, and sending a clear message: smoking, vaping, and illicit trade won’t be tolerated

Wan Saiful urges curbing vape use with higher taxes, minimum pricing pending blanket ban

While Putrajaya weighs a vape ban, Tasek Gelugor MP urges swift tax hikes and minimum pricing to curb youth vaping, warning that delays risk fuelling black market

What will we call for next? A ban on cheap cigarettes, tuak and kapcais? – Rocky Bru

While concerns over drug-laced vapes grow, a blanket ban could backfire by wiping out businesses, threatening jobs, pushing trade underground amid weak enforcement and open tank loopholes
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Cleared for layoffs? AirAsia to retrench 20% of workforce in major cost-cutting move

This allegedly involves cabin services, cargo and logistics, engineering and maintenance, as well as the commercial division, according to Scoop’s source

Schools may close if air quality worsens, five areas hit unhealthy levels: DOE

The department said the areas recorded unhealthy API readings, warns of RM1mil fine for open burning offenders

No, Malays could not fly: Scholars call out pseudohistory

UPSI and DBP academics urge discipline in handling history after Prof Solehah’s claims of Malays teaching China ‘flying kung fu’

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