Thailand calls for strict e-cigarette law amid rising seizures

[snoop1130]

 

Thailand’s Deputy Public Health Minister called for the creation of a distinct law aimed at restricting the use and sale of e-cigarettes, citing the ineffectiveness of current regulations.

 

During a discussion at the National Health Commission Office yesterday, Health Minister Thanakrit Jitareerat highlighted the absence of a specific law addressing e-cigarettes. While the Public Health Ministry has established a task force to examine the issue, he noted that various agencies independently enforce measures based on different laws.

 

“The measures we have rolled out to date have proved ineffective, so a specific law on the matter must be drafted as soon as possible, describing vaping as a serious threat to society.”

 

He criticised government officials who continue to vape despite the e-cigarette ban, attributing them as a factor hindering the crackdown’s progress.

 

National Health Commission Office (NHCO) chairman, Banjerd Singkaneti, argued that the prime minister should prioritise refining existing laws to provide clearer guidelines for authorities.

 

“In the long run, possession of e-cigarettes should be clearly prohibited by law so that the police will have no excuse not to pursue legal action,” Banjerd said.

 

He also suggested that government officials be held accountable if e-cigarette sales are found in areas under their jurisdiction.

 

The Office of the Consumer Protection Board reported a significant increase in the number of e-cigarettes seized, rising from 27,000 in 2020 to 100,000 last year, reported Bangkok Post.

 

By Mitch Connor

Picture courtesy of TAT newsroom official page

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-08-02

 

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[ikke1959]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

He criticised government officials who continue to vape despite the e-cigarette ban, attributing them as a factor hindering the crackdown’s progress.

And not only them.. but also soldiers and army crew, RTP officers, teachers, and freely available on all markets all over Thailand.. Stop with all restrictions. make it just legal as in many others countries, but tax them more if you want them to stop and not allowed if you are under 18 or so.. Much better than forbidding things and not enforce them

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s Deputy Public Health Minister called for the creation of a distinct law aimed at restricting the use and sale of e-cigarettes, citing the ineffectiveness of current regulations.

I'd like to see a record of his mobile calls...... made and received.

 

Any thing listed under BAT or CNTC????

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s Deputy Public Health Minister called for the creation of a distinct law aimed at restricting the use and sale of e-cigarettes, citing the ineffectiveness of current regulations

I thought they are illegal, so is that not the Law, meaning all those so far fined for vaping have not actually broken any law??

Edited August 2 by hotchilli

[PETERTHEEATER]

Most of these items are imported and are being smuggled in or getting 'paid' entry. As with narcotics, where there is a demand it will be filled. The end game is money.

[rumeaug]

i am not in favor of  e-cigarettes, which by the way are not absolutely devoid of health risks like some blind-folded lobbyists advance. But it is still less harmfull and stinky than actual cigarettes (must admit that some vaps have a  pleasant smell  though...). So here's what might happen. People who chose to cut down fags and  vape instead, as a "lesser evil", will revert back to real tobacco. And on we go....

[FolkGuitar]

It makes no difference how many new laws get made.

Without enforcement, nothing will change.

[daveAustin]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“The measures we have rolled out to date have proved ineffective, so a specific law on the matter must be drafted as soon as possible, describing vaping as a serious threat to society.”

🤣

But cigarettes are tickety-boo, right? Typical brown-nose tobacco stooge. Donkey.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, daveAustin said:

🤣

But cigarettes are tickety-boo, right? Typical brown-nose tobacco stooge. Donkey.

...and alcohol has proved a hugely positive boon to society ...5555

[petedk]

1 hour ago, FolkGuitar said:

It makes no difference how many new laws get made.

Without enforcement, nothing will change.

 

You beat me to it.

They could ban alcohol, cigarrettes,  make it illegal to have more 2 people on a motorcycle. Illegal to keep dogs or whatever and nothing will change as the laws are never proerly enforced.