Thailand launches no smoking or drinking campaign on parliament grounds

[snoop1130]

 

The Parliament has decided to ban the smoking of cigarettes, vaping and alcoholic drinks on parliament grounds in a campaign to make parliament a permanent non-smoking area. The announcement coincides with National Public Health Day today.

 

House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said he received a petition from the Federation of Thai Medical Students, calling for parliament to be free from cigarettes and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), in line with the Act Controlling Tobacco Products. The ban will set an example for Thai youth who are increasingly turning to vaping.

 

According to the federation and the Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Centre (TRC), vaping among Thai youth, especially female students, has increased by 30.5% since the previous survey.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-27

 

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[RayWright]

That's good news, I can still smoke my pipe.

Obviously Parliament had forgotten vaping is already illegal.

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, RayWright said:

That's good news, I can still smoke my pipe.

Obviously Parliament had forgotten vaping is already illegal.

 

Illegal yer widely available... import inspections must be very lax

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, RayWright said:

That's good news, I can still smoke my pipe.

Obviously Parliament had forgotten vaping is already illegal.

 

Lawmakers are lawbreakers. I note the proposed ban does not include watching videos on mobile devices.

[Highlandman]

Thought that smoking was pretty much illegal in any indoor setting in Thailand, including most nightclubs even since 2007. 

 

I do understand that the legalization of cannabis and the increase in vaping (as opposed to the gradual decline in smoking of cigarettes) might play a major part in passing this law. 

 

I rarely see anyone smoking where they shouldn't be in Thailand, but I do see people vape here and there because it's quite easy to take a puff and quickly hide the vape. It isn't as obvious as smoking a cigarette.