Health policy think tank Galen Centre urges that the bill aimed to bar those born after 2007 from legally purchasing cigarettes should be amended to ensure it does not inadvertently violate human rights or penalise the marginalised.

Its chief executive, Azrul Mohd Khalib, said although the law, widely known as Generational End Game (GEG), is long overdue, it must be amended to ensure it only penalises tobacco product sellers and not users.