Vaping helped me quit cigarettes, says PKR lawmaker

comments     Kow Gah Chie     Published     Updated

PARLIAMENT In his plea to Health Ministry to stop banning and outlets selling vapes, PKR’s Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao Leung told Dewan Rakyat that the e-cigarette helped him to give up smoking cigarettes.

"I was a smoker for more than 20 years. I tried many ways to stop smoking, but to no avail… until I tried vaping three weeks ago. In three weeks time, I quit both smoking and vaping," Gooi said.

"Based on research and from my own experience, I believe vaping can help smokers cope with their nicotine withdrawal syndrome," he said during the debate on 2016 Budget debate yesterday.

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