A consumer association today called on the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to probe any influence of the tobacco and vape industry on the removal of the generational endgame (GEG) provision from a law to control smoking.

This comes after Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni revealed to the Dewan Rakyat last week that industry representatives had met directly with MPs ahead of the bill’s debates, allegedly swaying their views against the endgame measure aimed at creating a smoke-free future generation...