Popular Post webfact Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Picture: Naew Na Naew Na reported the comments of Rungarun Limlahaphan, director general of a section of the Office of the Health Promotion Fund to mark world no smoking day that was yesterday. She said that the theme of this year's day was "cigarettes damage the environment". Smokers' and passive smokers' health are both impacted. Current bans are in place in many places such as schools and other educational institutes, various government offices, businesses, temples, and beaches and moves are afoot to ban smoking in certain areas of Bangkok condomiums so people have fresh air to breathe. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe She said that information from the national stats office indicated that 9.9 million Thai people aged 15 and above were now smoking representing 17.4% of the population. Men were 20 times more likely to smoke than women. She admitted that this was better than in 2017 when 10.7 million people above 15 smoked. But more needed to be done to meet a target set for 2027 to limit smoking to just 14% of 15s and above. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-06-01 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Ban in condos is a joke. My neighbor next door, and below us smoke like they are connected to a power smoker. There are signs in the hallways as well as in the lifts that smoking is not allowed, but it is not enforced. 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henk Langeweg Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Fresh air in Bangkok, maybe in the parks but in general hard to find. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gottfrid Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 It´s just to make cigarettes illegal instead. They kill more people than any other drug. 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post talahtnut Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Gottfrid said: It´s just to make cigarettes illegal instead. They kill more people than any other drug. I think you will find that alcohol is the greatest killer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Almer Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Gottfrid said: It´s just to make cigarettes illegal instead. They kill more people than any other drug. I second that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Almer Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 minute ago, talahtnut said: I think you will find that alcohol is the greatest killer. But you don’t get passive drinkers 3 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 A couple of off-topic and troll posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pedrogaz Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Lots of laws here that go unenforced and ignored. Does it surprise anyone that almost all Thais wear masks???? If they disobey most other laws, why do they obey only this one? I saw a woman put a mask on a child she was going to ride with on a motorbike........no helmet, but a mask? Why don't mothers care about kids heads and brains, but obsess about masks? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunpa Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) Here in Chiang Mai we all (adults and kids) enjoy smoking 24/7 … 3-4 months per year. Edited June 1, 2022 by khunpa 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Do what other countries have done, instead of banning them price them off the market. Price will have the greatest effect on getting people to cut down or give up. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2long Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 2 hours ago, webfact said: Men were 20 times more likely to smoke than women. Can we still say this, in 2022, especially in Thailand? I mean it's so black and white, isn't it? I identify as a cucumber on every third day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xonax Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Maybe the number of smokers would drop significantly, if thay made vaping legal? 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bert got kinky Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Less Thais smoking Fewer ???? 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gottfrid said: It´s just to make cigarettes illegal instead. Nonsense, there are no plans for that. Edited June 1, 2022 by Liverpool Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 15 minutes ago, Xonax said: Maybe the number of smokers would drop significantly, if thay made vaping legal? And maybe not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Swede Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I been living here since 1995 and there is not many smokers left here(except for me). In my early days many people smoked but today there is not many. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post talahtnut Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Banning smoking will do nothing. To save the environment 90% of human life must be eradicated 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I remember a few years back they banned smoking at home saying you had to be 5 meters I think it was maybe 10 from your front door. That put me in the middle of the road. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barefootknobby Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 If exits were legal, smoking would reduce significantly. Ecigs cured my addiction and many friends too in the uk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Apart from the little fact that it wouldn't be enforced I wonder what smokers who own a condominium should do. Should they just decide to stop smoking? Or should they go 20 times a day to the street to smoke? Or maybe they need a "cleanroom" with special filter system in their unit so that they can smoke? I never smoked but I am realistic. Lots of (older) people do smoke. It was fashion some time ago. And most of these people can't just quit. If smoking is really so bad then don't sell cigarettes. And don't sell alcohol. And don't allow fast food and maybe no driving and no this and no that. This world is going nuts. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: Nonsense, there are no plans for that. Never posted that. What I posted was what I saw fit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PaulDee Posted June 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Bert got kinky said: Less Thais smoking Fewer ???? Cheers, Bert, It's about time somebody pointed that out. Let help improve literacy on ASEAN NOW. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 An off topic post about traffic carnage has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, digger70 said: What about the traffic Carnage Every day ? what are they doing about that? Absolutely Fig all. Oh that's not important. There are established solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsari Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 3 hours ago, talahtnut said: I think you will find that alcohol is the greatest killer. most smokers drink , therefore it is a combination of the two . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 51 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: There are established solutions. Yea ,I don't know if they will work for me ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 4 hours ago, talahtnut said: 4 hours ago, Gottfrid said: It´s just to make cigarettes illegal instead. They kill more people than any other drug. I think you will find that alcohol is the greatest killer. No he’s correct. Smoking related diseases are far bigger killers. There is,unlike alcohol,no safe amount. That said,prohibition doesn’t work. Education and banning in public places helps is the better incentive along with taxation. It is preposterous to ban vaping and allow smoking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Card Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Ban in condos is a joke. My neighbor next door, and below us smoke like they are connected to a power smoker. There are signs in the hallways as well as in the lifts that smoking is not allowed, but it is not enforced. U bothered to officially report it to management or not done anything except whinge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Card Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 4 hours ago, hotchilli said: Do what other countries have done, instead of banning them price them off the market. Price will have the greatest effect on getting people to cut down or give up. Other countries have banned smoking in public areas, haven't u heard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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