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A famed thinker , Voltaire, he observed and proclaimed, Man is born free but everywhere he’s chains. A simple enough statement but the truthfulness in it, Is so profound and so relevant till to this modern day. Early this week, a local minister just facebook posted his glee, Malaysians can safely pursue the vape business restrictions free. In fact he was all thumbs up for the vape flavoring entrepreneurs, Proudly professing his hopes of Malaysians frontlining such business ventures. Exultantly he posted, “Good news for vapers, vaper brewers and vape merchants, The cabinet today decided not to ban the use of vape…TQ to…the government. For understanding the aspirations of the youth.” What a impossible post from a leader, I wonder, the Malaysian youth, what are their aspirations going by this minister? One would surely think, aspirations are lofty targets to strive for and to achieve, That in itself implies respectable professions and not controversial ones as in this vape business. Voltaire, may the famed thinker rest in peace, would never have imagined, Here in Malaysia, his immortal lines of wisdom would be a mental thing. Just as all drug addicts are desperate in craving for every regular fix, Most, if not all, cigarette smokers too are desperate in certain hours of need. Drugs or cigarettes, or drugs and cigarettes, they are like two sides of a coin, Addictive and destructive, two habits that any healthy society sought hard to discard. Youths today have all the freedom, to choose and to decide, amidst wondrous luxury items, One wonders why some will choose to shackle themselves to drugs, cigarettes and their kinds. Now, into this repulsive battleground for the minds and souls of addicts and smokers, E cigarettes and vape smoking are getting serious, more ominous that it sounds. The vape habit, often featuring a fanciful electronic gadget and varied flavours of colored liquids, Is big business for Malaysian entrepreneurs, exporting to the huge Chinese and Indonesian markets. Bigger nations then ours have seen the wisdom in banning this burgeoning industry, Cool heads must prevail in deciding proper restrictions to insulate the community. It is so saddening to know the youth of today are being hooked on a new habitual behavior, That is obviously costly and unsettling, save for those who are actively profiteering. Ideally we should all share responsibility to keep our environment free and clean.. We need to be unshackled mentally to be living free!
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