In 2025, vaping remains illegal or heavily restricted in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, and East Timor. Singapore, Thailand, and Cambodia have complete bans on e-cigarettes, while Malaysia allows states to control sales. Some countries, like France and Germany, are also considering bans on disposable vapes.

Legal Cigarette consumption in Malaysia has been declining steadily due to increased awareness of health risks and stricter regulations, however the industry still remains profitable as the hike in prices offsets the losses made by lower volume sales. So, do you think Consumers or Smokers want to patronise licenced or legal cigarettes or will switch to smuggled smoke where the price is relatively low. Bad bad bad for BATMAN

Illegal normally from those indonesia site workers used, much hasher. Anyway, I always thought if you buy cigarettes from retailer or kopitiam, they must be original, right? But when the government keeps banning and restricting here and there, people will start buying illegal or fake cigarettes instead. That actually causes more harm to health because those unregulated cigarettes are even worse.

By the way, I don’t own any BAT shares because I used to smoke before. I feel they ruined the original taste with all their research and development changes. It’s not the same anymore.