Proposed Thai Laws for Vaping in Thailand

True that SD. Buddy of mine flew into BKK yesterday. Had an internal connecting flight to samui. Got his bags back in samui and there was a customs sticker on the bag declaring a search. He feared the worst but when he checked all his juice and vape gear was still there. Maybe super lucky or maybe they didn’t care about it. Either way he made it.


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Thanks SD. I understand the YMMV. I think I'll play it by ear once I get on the ground.

 

I arrived one week ago with two Sourin Air in hand backage. Now I vape at home in a small island. Until Now without problems. But for airport and places with more people i use to smoke instead vape.

 

Airport: Don Mueang (DMK) International Inbound
Hand luggage: No security
Checked luggage: No security
Body: No security

Airport: Don Mueang (DMK) Domestic Outbound
Hand luggage: Typical Scan
Checked luggage: Typical Scan
Body: Typical Scan

I made it through both legs of my journey today unscathed. From what I saw, everything seems to be status quo. Scanning doesn't appear to be any more thorough than it used to be. Coming in isn't a worry as usual, but on the domestic flight, I decided to play it safe and packed my mod (sans batteries) together with my USB power brick and all of my USB charger cables (there are a lot of them). Tank (drip tip separated) went into my toiletries pouch along with 4-5 bottles of liquid.

Managed to stop by Bill Bentley's during my transit as usual to have a vape and an iced cappucino - no issues, although I did vape a bit more cautiously when someone joined me in the outdoor area (but he was a smoker).

 

Quick Update.

Came in through Swappy on Friday normal, mod in pocket tank in hand lugauge broken down and juice in checkin, No problems, as per not stopped and straight through, it does irritate me to see just how many locals that work at the airport are vaping openly in the smoking area, I guess they dont have the cash to pay the fine so no need to even try to catch. Anyways swappy is still ok I feel I bring my gear in and out every couple of months.

 

Hi,
Spent an evening out in Bkk this weekend. @Sukhumvit between Asok and Nana saw some vendors openly saling some nice kits (quite a lot of them). Refrained to vape in the street.
But vaped openly all evening at Gulliver. Very nice terrasse and quite good inexpensive mojitos by the way (I recommend it, had a great evening). The sweet person I was with told me her Thai colleague vaped at office. Forgot to charge my mod, found a charger at an arab shop in front of the bar for 250thb and charged it near my table.
TITS (S=still).

 

Yes TITS lol. Just like the illegal sex toys and tasers that they sell Many fakes from those vendors tho yet they try to tell you they are real and charge the same price. Ok in a pinch tho.


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Maybe the reason for the relative quietness from the vape police in Pattaya is because they are focused on another crackdown - Dartboards. You now need a license to own a dartboard. The only problem is, there is no license available to posses a dartboard. So the Thailand Darts Association (TDA) has taken to issuing their own licenses. Maybe the Thailand vapers should follow their lead. Establish a Thailand Vape Association and issue licenses for vape gear.

 

Some useful information from the Buriram Times:

Advice From A Lawyer On What To Do If Stopped By Police In Thailand

 

Let us take a look at what I copy/paste from another post on this forum.

"Sirirat said that while there is actually no law forbidding the possession of E-cigarettes they fall into a category of goods that have not had the tax levied on them and their possession, therefore, is illegal. Offenders could face five years jail or a fine of four times the value of the goods or both jail and fine.

As you can clearly see this illegal Vapeing boils down to Taxes. So if I buy my gear from a local vendor who is responsible for paying taxes? Using an antiquated law and bending it to fit todays Vapeing gear is absurd at best.

It is clear to me that the tobacco companies are behind this.persecution of vapers.

Keep in mind it is one thing to say something is against the law it is totally another thing to have enough cop to in-force this so-called law.

The answer here seems to be KEEP IT ON THE DOWN_LOW LoL!!!

 

With this in mind, it would be interested to see if someone might be able to pay the tax on said items and keep the receipt on them. I would say uncle and pay a one time bribe, i mean fee, on a few items to be able to carry them in public without risk.

 

There’s the rub. There is no tax band for them because they are a banned item. And they are a banned item because there is no tax band.


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