Bangkok police arrest Facebook e-cigarette dealers as Thai media says it causes cancer

[webfact]

Bangkok police arrest Facebook e-cigarette dealers as Thai media says it causes cancer

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

Bangkok met police announced the arrest of a Pathum Thani couple who were selling e-cigarettes and vaping fluid on Facebook.

 

Some 3 million baht worth of merchandise was taken into evidence after a sting operation was mounted to trap Sivanut Phoonphon and Natthanich Duangthong.

 

Taken into evidence were 60 e-cigarette devices worth between 3-5000 baht each and 3,492 vials of vaping fluid sold at 700-800 baht a time.

 

They were using sites on Facebook under the name of "Sivanut Poolpol" and "Vape Mega Sweets".

 

A search of the couple's address and a depot in Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, turned up the goods that were being peddled to the young and students mostly throughout Thailand.

 

Money for purchase was transferred to their account and then the e-cigarettes and fluid was sent through the post to customers.

 

Thai News Agency quoting unnamed experts at the Thai Ministry of Public Health said that vaping could cause cancer.

 

Both were charged with selling illegal substances. Penalties could be as high as five years for selling and ten years if proven that the couple imported the products themselves.

 

Source: Thai News Agency

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-12-13

[Thaiwrath]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Penalties could be as high as five years for selling and ten years if proven that the couple imported the products themselves.

 

But having a wank, whilst pissed riding a motorbike in traffic, putting drivers and pedestrians, alike, at risk, only gets a caution !

Bizarre to say the least.

[darksidedog]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

Bangkok police arrest Facebook e-cigarette dealers as Thai media says it causes cancer

What? E-cigarettes cause cancer, but cigarettes that are being taxed and making massive profits don't? There is an awfully large amount of disinformation being spread about out there to justify this crazy campaign and the sentences seem utterly ludicrous compared with many, many other incidents we hear of that are dealt with ridiculously lightly. What are the odds that once Thailand Tobacco Monopoly have their own products it will suddenly become legal, if made and purchased here of course?

[poohy]

Correction the Thai tobacco monopoly (the guys that sell the real cigarettes) say it cause cancer, and they have pal in high places it seems

[z42]

This is just too stupid for words. The RTP / authorities in general really have looking like utter clowns down to a fine art.

It is hard to even begin deciding where to pick the bones out of this latest nonsense ?

[ezzra]

The country is undergoing some kind of a crusade against smoking

in all forms, never minds that unbridled consumption of alcohol

and other form of drugs kills hundreds and some say, thousnads

of people everyday, Never-mind That, as long as you don't smoke

in public or god forbid, the unmentionable, E- cigarette....

[bristolgeoff]

smoking does not kill because you pay the tax on it.vapping is worse because the big boys lose out.welcome to thailand

[Bob12345]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai News Agency quoting unnamed experts at the Thai Ministry of Public Health said that vaping could cause cancer.

Sure, everything CAN cause cancer.

But we know for 100% sure that tobacco causes cancer, and many people use vaping as an alternative.

So the question is not if it CAN cause cancer, the question is if it is more harmful than the alternative (tabacco). 

And everybody outside of Thailand agrees on that question... (guess thats why the "experts" don't want to be named).

[Enoon]

 

<deleted>.

 

 

[anon789561]

the royal college of physicians disagrees with these unnamed thai experts (unnamed because they don't exist maybe)

 

https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/promote-e-cigarettes-widely-substitute-smoking-says-new-rcp-report

 

[Enoon]

2 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

the royal college of physicians disagrees with these unnamed thai experts (unnamed because they don't exist maybe)

 

https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news/promote-e-cigarettes-widely-substitute-smoking-says-new-rcp-report

 

 

Suggest you get that translated into Thai, project it onto a screen, strap the "government" into chairs, wedge their eyes open with cocktail sticks and leave them in front of it for a week.

 

Hand out copies to the general population.

 

 

[anon789561]

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

What? E-cigarettes cause cancer, but cigarettes that are being taxed and making massive profits don't? There is an awfully large amount of disinformation being spread about out there to justify this crazy campaign and the sentences seem utterly ludicrous compared with many, many other incidents we hear of that are dealt with ridiculously lightly. What are the odds that once Thailand Tobacco Monopoly have their own products it will suddenly become legal, if made and purchased here of course?

Philip Morris has already produced their first one, the iqos. as expensive as smoking real cigarettes unfortunately

http://uk.businessinsider.com/philip-morris-e-cigarette-2016-11

[AhFarangJa]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Bangkok police arrest Facebook e-cigarette dealers as Thai media says it causes cancer

According to a recent report, the high number of stomach cancers in Thailand are caused by the disgusting stinky fish sauce they consume........try to make that illegal !!!

[richard_smith237]

This is just downright embarrassing Thailand.... Sort yourself out... stories such as this are making a mockery out of your legal systems.... 

[Golden Triangle]

Thai police on the tail of E Cig sellers 

[Media1]

Thai Media say.... HAHA. They wouldn't know shit from clay

[digger70]

Has anyone Proven that the E cigs  are causing Cancer?  Doesn't the law state , Presumed Innocent until proven guilty, 

Or does Thailand say ,,,, Guilty no matter what because we say so,,, 

 

[observer90210]

I've asked this before, but again....what will happen to all the seized goodies ?!!!

[dadey]

The educated world recognise that vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking...

 

Does anyone know the Thai 'position' on vaping with nicotine free juice ???

[wakeupplease]

Some seriously fat coppers in photo, no backhanders so nicked usually story, but cigarettes are ok to sell they do not cause cancer and vapor does, a bit like the asbestos story as that is also safe to use here. What a crazy <deleted> up country. It knows better than the rest of the world does. The world is laughing at you Thailand and for good cause. Thick as S>>>>>>

[White Christmas13]

6 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Suggest you get that translated into Thai, project it onto a screen, strap the "government" into chairs, wedge their eyes open with cocktail sticks and leave them in front of it for a week.

 

Hand out copies to the general population.

 

 

[Ulic]

I am not sure vaping causes cancer but i am sure it causes/perpetuates addiction.

[PAIBKK]

Walking, cycling through Bangkok is more dangerous than smoking an e-cigarette.

E-cigarettes causing cancer? Bangsmog is way more dangerous than smoking...

[Krataiboy]

What on earth is happening to what was once the world’s most laid-back holiday and retirement destination?

 

Thailand, whose name translates in English to “Free Land” is starting to feel more like puritanical Britain under Oliver Cromwell.

 

Just look at some of the measures introduced over the last couple of months calculated to make life a misery for millions of tourists as well as luckless residents.

 

First, we had the crack-down on the sale of drinks on beaches at internationally-popular resorts like Pattaya and Phuket.

 

Almost before you could say “Cheers!”,  the  spoilsports in Government House struck again. From February 1, smoking by the sea - except in designated smoking booths - will be a criminal offence punishable by a 100,000-baht fine or a year’s jail.

 

Escape with a vape? Forget it.  Vaping appears to be almost as reprehensible as raping and could get you arrested - as happened to a young woman nicotine addict yanked from her car by vigilant lawmen only the other day - and incarcerated for up to five years.

 

Even in your own home or hotel room, there is no avoiding the killjoys. Download "vulgar” content on your digital device and you could end up  in court and  all over the newspapers, courtesy of recent changes to the catch-all Computer Crimes Act.

 

Welcome to the Land of Smiles.

 

I suppose we should be grateful that at least they haven’t banned smiling. Yet.

[rwdrwdrwd]

On 12/13/2017 at 1:45 PM, Happy enough said:

Philip Morris has already produced their first one, the iqos. as expensive as smoking real cigarettes unfortunately

http://uk.businessinsider.com/philip-morris-e-cigarette-2016-11

That's not an e-cigarette - it has a different mechanism and uses tobacco, not liquid nicotine.

There are a lot of ecig companies that are controlled by big tobacco players though - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tobacco-companies-taking-over-the-e-cigarette-industry_us_58b48e02e4b0658fc20f98d0

Edited December 14, 2017 by rwdrwdrwd

[chama]

Wonder if they rounded up all of the traditional cigarette vendors since they cause cancer as well?

[StayinThailand2much]

On 12/13/2017 at 8:52 AM, darksidedog said:

What? E-cigarettes cause cancer, but cigarettes that are being taxed and making massive profits don't? There is an awfully large amount of disinformation being spread about out there to justify this crazy campaign and the sentences seem utterly ludicrous compared with many, many other incidents we hear of that are dealt with ridiculously lightly. 

Major crimes in Thailand, which receive attention by, and heavy hand of law-enforcement:

1. Smoking on the beach.

2. Selling or smoking e-cigarettes.

3. Promoting beer.

4. Promoting bikini parties.

5. Overstaying as a tourist.

 

Not considered serious crimes in Thailand (either not investigated, or fined 500 baht):

1. Murdering tourists (while blaming foreign immigrant workers, 'suicide', or 'cold weather in Thailand').

2. Murdering land activists (and not investigating those murders).

3. Scamming tourists and Thais alike.

4. Racing your motorbike or car beyond the official speed limit, with the cops doing nothing. At the same time accepting that pedestrians are run over on the sidewalk by motorbikes.

5. Whacking off, as a taxi driver, in front of children.

 

Weird!!

Edited December 21, 2017 by StayinThailand2much

[StayinThailand2much]

On 12/13/2017 at 6:41 PM, dadey said:

The educated world recognise that vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking...

 

Does anyone know the Thai 'position' on vaping with nicotine free juice ???

Different from the educated world, I guess.

[01322521959]

Really pathetic, but then trying to understand Thai logic is a never ending daily dose of comedy. Oh it would all be so funny if it weren't so serious. Let's kill people with fags, those E things might blow up and oh they are so bad for your health. Ball Locks. Thailand will never really be walking in step with most of the correctly thinking western world, or at the very least, will be 2 steps behind it.

[spidermike007]

Real cigarettes cause cancer. E-cigarettes, who knows? As far as the cops are concerned, they are simply following orders. And those orders are a draconian order based on protecting the government monopoly of tobacco. Reminds me of an edict issued by the East India Trading Company, back in the 18th or 19th century.