Muslim NGO Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (Ikram) intends to resolve the concerns of Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman over Putrajaya’s ambitious age-based smoking ban bill.

In a statement, Ikram Health spokesperson Azhari Azizi maintained that the ban aimed at preventing those born after 2005 from buying or consuming tobacco products was to prevent nicotine dependency.

Syed Saddiq had argued that the ban would result in small retailers and...