Smoking ban makes it pointless to sell cigarettes, says eatery owner

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Ubayathullah Yunus says it is difficult to advise patrons not to smoke if the restaurants themselves indirectly promote smoking by selling cigarettes.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/10/13/smoking-ban-makes-it-pointless-to-sell-cigarettes-says-eatery-owner/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Restaurant #SmokingBan #Cigarette

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00:00With smoking banned by law in eateries, it is only appropriate that restaurant operators

00:07stop selling cigarettes over the counter, says a Mamak chain restaurant owner.

00:13Ubayatullah Yunus, the owner of Klang Valley chain My Nasi Kandar, said it is difficult to advise

00:20patrons to adhere to the law if the restaurants themselves sell cigarettes, indirectly promoting

00:26smoking. He said since the anti-smoking law is already in effect, selling cigarettes serves no

00:33purpose given that customers are prohibited from smoking inside the restaurant. He was responding

00:39to a proposal by the Malaysian Indian Muslim Restaurant Owners Association which called for

00:45all Mamak restaurants to stop selling cigarettes. Another Mamak restaurant owner, Azrin Anwar Ali,

00:52said reminders to customers about the smoking ban would be more effective if the restaurants

00:58themselves walk the talk. He said if restaurants want to control smoking, they should stop selling

01:04cigarettes as customers would question why they are sold in the first place. Meanwhile, restaurant

01:11hakim owner Hakimsa Abdul Karim said he also sees it as his duty to discourage smoking among his

01:18Muslim customers as the habit is considered haram in Islam.

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