RM288.45mil in taxes collected from e-cigarettes, vapes since 2021
A total of RM288.45 million in taxes were collected from electronic smoking devices, liquids and gels, both with and without nicotine, from 2021 till July 2025.
In a written parliamentary reply today, finance minister Anwar Ibrahim said the total amount of taxes collected from cigarettes during the same period was RM15.02 billion.
“Overall, the taxes and duties collected from both types of products amounted to RM15.3 billion from 2021 to July 2025.”
Anwar, who is also prime minister, was responding to Wan Saiful Wan Jan (PN-Tasek Gelugor), who had asked Anwar to state the taxes collected from vapes every year since the product’s introduction in Malaysia when compared with cigarettes.
Anwar explained that previously, excise duties only applied to non-nicotine liquids and gels at a rate of 40…
