E-cigarettes: OCPB promise to prosecute all vendors, especially those selling to young people

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

The Office of the Consumer Protection Board told Siam Rath that they would continue to prosecute all people selling e-cigarettes and vaping fluid.

 

Especially if they were peddling their wares to young people and children.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

The devices and fluid are illegal in Thailand though they can be seen on sale in many places in the kingdom, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Siam Rath said that complaints had been received about a shop near a university in Ngam Wong Wan Soi 47, sub-soi 40.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Six members of the OCPB along with the Thung Song Hong police went to the store where there was a man called Nook selling devices and fluid openly.

 

All the stock - 5,440 items worth 500,000 baht in total - was seized as the inquiry was expanded to reveal that Nook was working for a man called Pek who received money daily from Nook.

 

The pair face 3 years in jail and/or a fine of 600,000 baht.

 

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[ikke1959]

Yesterday on a market there were e cigarettes to buy in several stalls.. and the police was just walking by without doing anything... Just to make feel good news I suppose

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

37 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Yesterday on a market there were e cigarettes to buy in several stalls.. and the police was just walking by without doing anything... Just to make feel good news I suppose

I suppose those stalls are a steady source of revenue for the police. Business must be booming because I've seen so many Thais and some foreigners vaping around corners, here, there and everywhere.

[spidermike007]

This is an abomination. The only reason they object, is to protect the government tobacco monopoly. This has been nothing to do with health, the youth, or anything real. Vapor is much safer than smoke. That is a well known fact. 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The Office of the Consumer Protection Board told Siam Rath that they would continue to prosecute all people selling e-cigarettes and vaping fluid.

Legal cigarettes and Marijuana is okay?

Talk about backwards thinking

[nowhereman]

Can anyone tell which era is in Thailand. I assume it's Jurassic. 

[bigupandchill]

My gf was able to quit using hers so we can only conclude this is all about trying to keep the tax money at the expense of peoples health.

[sammieuk1]

Suppose the next story will go along the lines of 6 members of the OCPB have vaping fire sale ????

[digger70]

I've got a better Idea, Go and catch some criminals and clean op all the traffic violaters and fix All the Corruption  when that's all done .Than go after the E cigs .

[Dart12]

openly sold in every market and on the streets everywhere.

 

[spidermike007]

1 hour ago, digger70 said:

I've got a better Idea, Go and catch some criminals and clean op all the traffic violaters and fix All the Corruption  when that's all done .Than go after the E cigs .

You are suggesting real police work, and real reform. And billions lost. We can keep dreaming. But, we have two choices, really. Deal with the way life is conducted here, and not let the moral degradation and the double talk effect our peace of mind, or daily level of fulfillment. 

 

Or not. It is up to us. I may groan on this forum, but I do it with a grain of salt and a sense of fun. The nonsense does not affect me. I love it here. And I have gotten very good at keeping my head buried in the sand. It feels nice and cool down there.