SUMMARY
                           MALAYSIA

          CONTROL OF TOBACCO PRODUCT REGULATIONS 1993
 
                 (amendment to Food Act 1983)
                   Implemented 15 May 1994 

     Final contents are as follows:
     3. Advertising: 
          Prohibition of direct advertising of cigarettes.
            (previously just electronic media)
          Brand names still allowed.
          Direct tobacco advertising in imported print media
          allowed.
     4.   Ban on free samples of cigarettes
     5.   Ban on sponsorship
     6. Labelling
          Single, fixed health warning
          Levels of tar and nicotine to be labelled.
          Tar and nicotine must not exceed 20 mgs and 1.5 mgs
          respectively.
     8. Minors
          Ban on sales to <18 years.
     9. Vending machines
          Vending machines for tobacco products banned.
     10. No-smoking areas. Smoking prohibited in:
          *    amusement centres
          *    theatres
          *    hospitals and clinics
          *    public lifts
          *    air conditioned restaurants^
          *    public transport
          *    any specified building as the Minister thinks fit
          ^Flexibility is given to air-con restaurants, where
          these places are allowed to provide smoking areas not
          exceeding 50% of the floor space, provided they have
          adequate air ventilation and extraction systems.
     Penalty
          An offender is liable to a compound not exceeding
          Malaysian Ringgit RM 1,000 or a fine not exceeding RM
          5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2
          years.

The law was given high profile by the Malaysian Press, and from
the public response noted in the press, Malaysians seem to be
supportive of this law.

Evaluation studies are being done (April 1994, April 1995) on the
sales to minors ban.

Information from Ministry of Health Malaysia, personal
communication, dated 15 January 1995. (Dr Zarihah Zain)