Al-Sultan Abdullah said the use of vapes should be banned as a whole given its prevalence among the younger generation and the adverse effects on health, Bernama reported.

“Vaping should be banned completely. We must not be lenient, it will only cause further harm to our people,” he said, noting that the Pahang government had already taken steps to implement such a ban.

In urging the federal government to ban e-cigarettes and vapes last November, the sultan had described them as a gateway of sorts to drug addiction.

Since then, several state governments have decided to enforce a ban on vape sales, following in the footsteps of Johor and Kelantan which implemented such prohibitions in 2016 and 2015, respectively.

They include Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah, while the Pahang state government has moved to ban the use of vapes as a whole.