: Despite being warned repeatedly, with education enforcement for 12 months since Jan 1, 2019, many smokers are still violating the smoking ban at eateries.
Following that, six hundred and five notices with a compound value of RM144,450 were issued and it showed many Malaysians were still ignoring the smoking ban which came into effect yesterday. The enforcement operation which involved 2,087 enforcement officers, saw 103 notices with a compound value of RM25,750 issued to owners of the food premises, including 79 notices for failing to display no-smoking signs and 24 notices for providing smoking facilities.
Meanwhile, Health Ministry’s Disease Control Division director Dr Norhayati Rusli hoped the compound would drive smokers to quit their habits.