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Agree. They sprout health issues and protecting children and youth but as you rightly point out it's about profits and taxes. I'll guarantee there's been a spike in cigarette sales since this huge vape crackdown started last week.

Exactly what I did but unfortunately the market has been closed down for now nation wide. Trying to protect kids from vaping. Those kids who now are more than likely addicted to nicotine to some extent will now buy cigs if they can't get hold of a vape. This is once again a knee jerk reaction to that 14 year old girl dying a couple of weeks ago. I still don't understand how a 12 year old girl can vape so much in two years that her lungs fail. That's a lot of vaping in a day, a week, a month, a year, two years. Very expensive. A very isolated incident that has closed down the entire market (for now). Vaping should be legal.

Spot on. These people are idiots with no respect. I'm not sure there's anywhere in the world you can just walk around smoking a joint whenever or wherever you want.

What have tourist police got to do with it. These guys are BIB. Outside of a 711 with a friend the other day and he was having a cig. Some Thais warned us about police crackdown on smoking in public places. Same police that for the majority of time ignore the fact that some people riding bikes aren't wearing helmets. Again nothing to do with tourist police.

I doubt it but I'd be very careful about having a puff.

Typical puerile comment. Putin's a dictator. Despise the man. Fact is he's taken 20% of Ukraine and will in all likelihood keep the majority of it.

Soon to be Russian citizens in Russia.

Ethnically distinct from Ukrainians. What's so difficult about this to understand. It can be said they're Russian Ukrainians just like it's acceptable to say Irish American or Chinese Australian. Ethnicity. Look it up as you either do not know what it means or are you simply trolling.

It is possible to be a citizen of a country yet be ethnically different. Your argument is moot. Eastern regions of Ukraine have/had large populations of ethnic Russians. This cannot be disputed.

Only being that the regions they live/lived in were within Ukraine. Being ethnic Russian has a specific meaning.

You make an interesting point without knowing it. Regions taken are somewhat ethnically Russian and controlling these areas will be easier to do as opposed to all of Ukraine. This is why Putin doesn't want all of Ukraine.

Like the old cigarette butt trap in BKK. A Thai could discard the butt anywhere even if standing next to a cop but a foreigner will get the Bt2000 fine.

You are obviously unaware that there has been and seems to be a continuing nation wide crackdown on selling vapes, vaping and smoking dope and cigs in public areas. The road safety thing is a comparison of what is more important in "maintaining order". I'm not surprised though that you one; fail know about a nation wide crackdown and two; understand the road safety comparison.

The military assistance needed is boots on ground. Ain't going to happen. The war is unwinnable from Ukraine's point of view and sooner or later the Russians will stop their push east claiming all territory gained and setting the new, albeit internationally unrecognized, border as the new border. This has nothing to do with acquiescing to Putin. It's about stopping the bleeding of US tax payer's money into an unwinnable war and forcing Zelenskyy to accept the rare minerals deal and move to ceasefire negotiations.

Speculators drive market down. Big speculators wait. When down enough big speculators buy up. Market goes up again. Big speculators get bigger.

Absolutely ridiculous giving 16 and 17 year old's 10K.

Ok. So what's your genius solution? I continue to say that Ukraine is losing more ground daily, in fact last week I posited that Ukrainian troops in Kursk may be in danger of being cut off and surrounded. This is now appearing to be on the cards. So come on. What's your solution? All you do is say Trump is Putin's lackey. Analysts and people in the know knew this would be the case, indeed some posters on here including myself have been saying Ukraine will have to give up land. This is the realty of the situation. My guess is your response to this post will be calling me a Putin sympathizer.

Not from the people though. Indeed this entire corrupt farce of a coalition government is there without a mandate from the people.

Probably encouraged and or organized it.

Big police crackdown nationally to "maintain order". Smoking cigs, smoking dope and all vaping shops temporarily closed yet the high daily death rate on the roads remains and people still riding without helmets. This stinks of Thaksin.

Fair chance just before these discounts come in on some destinations the fares will go up i.e. price goes up 20% a few days before a 20% discount is applied.

This is surely a joke is it not? If the topic of this article is actually the case why is it that the name we hear most is Thaksin.

Were you not vaccinated as child? If you are concerned about your current protection then seek medical advice. Why ask on here. BTW the BCG vaccine is good for a very ling time and will protect you unlike some recent so-called vaccines.

Probably connected. Bit of a payoff and that will be that.

Foreign national? My money's on a Chinese foreign national.