It comes after a secondary school student hallucinating after inhaling vape fell from the school roof.

The glitzy affair is complete with scantily clad promoters and free giveaways.

Hospitals are reporting increasing number of patients with mental illnesses associated with vaping.

The prime minister had promised to set aside half of the tax revenue from vaping products for anti-smoking campaigns and other health-related matters.

Vocal Penang-based consumer group CAP says the public should be told the identity of MPs 'kowtowing' to lobbyists it says are like 'drug merchants'.

The former health minister does not seem to have taken kindly to the delay to his generational endgame bill.

If passed into law, the smoking age would rise by one year every year, potentially phasing out smoking among young people almost completely as soon as 2040, reports say.

The company has developed a range of sticks that do not contain tobacco but a 'non-tobacco substrate' infused with nicotine, with flavours including tobacco, menthol with blueberry and peppermint.

He is looking at anti-smoking measures similar to laws New Zealand announced last year, which include a ban on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan 1, 2009, The Guardian says.

This amounts to over 4,800 compounds.

The Al Jazeera documentary shows not all shops bother checking customers' IDs, while some recommend flavours for beginners.

The hike was especially pronounced among sweet flavours favoured by young users of e-cigarettes, also called vapes.