Proposed Thai Laws for Vaping in Thailand

My mech mod got noticed in the airport scanner on a flight from udon to bkk when I was too rushed to take it all apart.
Luckily the guy was cool about it and said something like OK not bomb before giving me the stink eye and shooing me away.
I still take my mech with me on business trips quite often but now completely disassembled and hidden amongst things like camera equipment and wash bag. No further problems.
Bringing in to Thailand it's very unlikely to be noticed if split up.
I wish Thailand would treat their people as adults where vaping is concerned. The smoking related deaths must be enormous here and so many young people smoking who could be healthier vaping.

 

I'm a little worried as flying Chiang Mai to Udon in a few days in order to go over to Laos and stupidly sold my eVic mini when I quit vaping earlier on in the year which would of been easier to stick in my check in luggage with batteries in my carry on. The quitting didn't last long, went back on the cigs for a bit and eventually back to vaping only.

Now I only have my iStick 30W to take with me and worried it will get noticed at the airport. I know there's a vape shop in Vientiane so its tempting to leave things at home and buy once i'm over the boarder but money is tight and don't think the shop has a great selection. Do you think the worst that can happen is confiscation? I know that question is a bit meaningless as this is Thailand and anything can happen but would put my mind at rest a little to know other people's opinion.

 

Thanks for the reply SD, put my worried little noggin at ease a bit

 

Here's the update of the Swiss Guys case:
"UPDATE (13.10.2017)
The affected friend is now back in Switzerland. In the end, he had to pay a fine and could travel home.
We would like to point out that there is a risk to bring your own vape device to Thailand. This is considered as an import of e-cigarettes, which is absolutely prohibited in Thailand - even with a personal device. A prison stay in Thailand is inhumane and not easy to take. So we stay with our recommendation: When traveling to Thailand do not take your vape device / your e-cigarette with you!"
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So all in all: 6 days prison - for over 2 months forced to stay in LOS - payed a fine...not to forget all other expenses he had, for staying in a hotel for 2 months, perhaps a lawyer for himself, cancelling flight, booking another flight

This is not worth the risk... even if out of 100 stories with good experience only one such thing happens...

 

Risk of dying from cigarettes or risk of prison? Tough choice but my decision is made.

 

If you take it with, do try to hide the battery part with some other electrical type equipment.
Don't have anything with a coil attached to said battery haha.

 

What do you guys think about bringing my nautilus mini with a pack of coils through Suvarnabhumi? No mod/battery or juice, just the atomizer and coils. I'm only traveling with carry on, so it will be in among my toiletries.
Is it technically prohibited to bring these in to Thailand with me?

 

I am sure a lot of vapers bring a lot more than that so I am sure you won't have any problems with it.

 

So I was out with the family today in the truck, I notice a huge check point on the other side of the road just out of town, so I made note to avoid this on the way back, anyway a few hours later I'm heading back into town when I suddenly realised I'd forgotten about the check point, boll**ks sprang to mind as I just managed to stash one mod in the door and threw a rag over it, he was there pulling me in, window down big smile' hello, hello I said' ok you can go. Sweet I thought to myself, then not 10 meters on another one waved me in to park, license please, sure no problem,, out come the good old British licence, how long you lived here he said, errrr 18 years I said ok no problem' sweet. Can I look in your bag,,, WTF 18 years I've never been asked for this errr ok, get out he said so you can watch me, another swear word sprang to mind because in my bag was my 2nd mod and 2 bottles of juice, juice in one compartment mod in another, so he opens first compartment and pulls out the 2 bottles and places them on the bonnet of the truck, buri fai far he said huuurgh. I blanked the question, then opens next compartment pulls my mod out looks what else is in my bag chucks it all back in there and says, ok you can go, ,,, now this is a big check point blocking off the whole phetkasem road, they was pulling everything clearly wanting to make some tea money, and although this town has been slack on vaping for a long time, they ain't much anymore, I heard of a few people being stopped and fined, all Thais mind you, but this guy just packed up my bag and let me go, So I got to say they ain't all bad but be careful guys,,

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Wow @skeeters you have an angel on your shoulder. (Couldn't find one with an angel!)

 

But the millions of polystyrene discs floated out every Loy Krathong are OK. Because it is an ancient cultural ceremony dating all the way back to the 19th century.

 

Back to the 19th century, that's the idea of 4.0 stuff no ? Or maybe I didn't get it right.