Govt urged to lift ban on e-cigarettes

Allowing smoke-free products seen as more effective in discouraging tobacco smokers than plain packaging.

A NETWORK OF e-cigarette users and importers have suggested that lifting the ban on smoke-free products and issuing appropriate regulations would be a more-effective measure to discourage people from smoking rather than selling cigarettes in plain packages.

Govt urged to lift ban on e-cigarettes

 

Maybe there is change coming......"I hope so"

 

tourist are vaping. vaping is allowed in China
What ever the press write, it could be also a good way to save income?
I can be wrong.
out of scope:
As the special queue up and "Christmas new year" visa exception in suwanaphun for Chinese

 

Yeah, tourists are vaping, if unlucky they're also getting caught with all the grief that goes with that. Still very risky IMO.

 

Since living here, I have come to the conclusion that I cant fathom out why,
Thailand is so anti-ecigarette, I know about the import tax situation...

A normal 'Joe Bloggs' would probably think its cheaper to smoke tobacco ,than ecigarettes,

as for an example ..a decent setup, inc mod,batteries,charger ,tank/dripper, probably an initial payment of 4-5000 baht..

much more cheaper & easy to pay 70baht for a pack of 20 fags... so using this example..

How can ecigarettes can be viewed as a threat to Govt tax income...or the Thai Tobacco company??..

 

Given that Nic-Salt 10ml sells around 100 baht, and should be good for 5 days, taken with a pod costing about 150 baht - total consumption there is about 250 baht. For 60 baht per day analogues, that's 300 baht. It's about half the cost.

Also it's not easily controlled - you don't buy your SMS reds online. Business is well controlled to guarantee income.

My wife was shocked - she told me it's very dangerous, her friends (some of which also vape) pointed out serious health problems (in Thai, she wouldn't explain or translate...).

My research always confirms that - so far - evidence shows health risks (example - COPD) to be reduced from smoking by 95%.

So stealthy vaping is, to me, very acceptable as an alternative to smoking (not an addition to 'reduce smoking') but less acceptable as a 'hobby' and rather annoying as a culture.

 

Another side is that legalizing vaping could also be accompanied by encouraging an e-cig manufacturing base in the country. Business restrictions are less than China's and the GoT would create another revenue stream.