The earliest broadcast in our record, from MOVE’s first weeks. It was the first time the consumer side of this argument reached a mass audience. In Bahasa Malaysia.
The live television debate happened shortly after the Health Minister said, in late October 2015, that the long-term plan was to ban vaping, and two weeks after the Cabinet decided against a ban.
MOVE’s founder Samsul Kamal Ariffin raised questions about the approach. Throughout 2015, he positioned MOVE as supportive of clear federal regulation, advocating measures such as removing child-friendly packaging, standardising nicotine levels and introducing age restrictions.
He also expressed the view that a regulated framework would help address concerns around enforcement and the sale of vaping products through unregulated channels.
