On 9 November 2015, Ismail Sabri stated that he supports the vaping industry in Malaysia. He says that the Malay-dominated industry is a success story for bumiputera entrepreneurism despite health warnings by the Malaysian Health Ministry.[57] He has gone further in hoping that the unregulated industry can expand globally.[58] Many prominent doctors and physicians have publicly chided Ismail Sabri's support for the industry,[59] including the Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Ismail, who publicly decreed that all vape outlets must be shut down by 1 January 2016.[60]