Public parks are now also designated as no smoking areas except for open public car parks. Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control’s treasurer-general Muham­mad Sha’ani Abdullah welcomed the amendments, saying many people thought it was all right to smoke in national parks because they were open spaces. “It would be better to declare all public places as ‘no smoking zones’ and then list the exceptions. He said it was up to the local authorities to play their part in improving public health. Muham­mad pointed out that the new regulations only applied to national and state parks in the pe­­ninsula.

Source: The Star February 01, 2017 23:01 UTC