Dr Hilmi explained that this is because like cigarettes, vapes contain nicotine.
“So if we ban vaping, what is the action on tobacco?" he told reporters at the Dewan Rakyat today.
He added that the ministry is in the midst of creating a new law involving the use of tobacco, vaping and shisha, and that it was too soon to draw conclusions on the matter.
"It is too early to say we will completely ban vaping.
"Currently the laws on tobacco are under the 1993 Food Act, which is inadequate in dealing with vaping and shisha," the deputy minister said.
The National Fatwa Council has prohibited Muslims from vaping amid the rapid growth of the multi-million ringgit industry in Malaysia that is purportedly the second biggest in the world.
Local daily The Star reported last June Vaporizer Convention Kuala Lumpur 2015 co-organiser Ibrahim Mohamed as saying that Malaysia’s vape industry, worth half a billion ringgit, is the second biggest globally after the United States and is the largest in Asia.
Ibrahim reportedly said there are an estimated one million vapers in Malaysia.
The Star reported vapers as saying that the practice has helped them quit smoking.
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