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Clandestine labs and online retailers fuel rise in vaping in Malaysia
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Mr Samsul Kamal Ariffin, programme director at Harm Awareness Association, runs a chain of vape shops in Malaysia.
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KUALA LUMPUR - At rest-stops in Johor along the North-South Highway, teenagers fire up their colourful electronic vaporisers, and in convenience stores in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, e-vaporisers are sold for as little as RM30 (S$9).
Self-styled brewers are also setting up clandestine laboratories to produce the chemicals or e-liquid for vaporisers, whipping up tropical flavours which are in demand overseas.
