KUALA LUMPUR: New tobacco control law that covers regulations on all tobacco-related products must be first introduced before implementing taxation on electronic and non-electronic cigarette devices and vape liquids.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said without such law, it would be difficult to regulate and impose excise duty on vape liquids.

"This is because e-liquid for e-cigarettes that contains nicotine are under the control of the Poisons Act 1952," he said, commenting on the 2021 Budget announcement yesterday.