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In recent months the Thai crackdown on vaping or e-cigarettes has continued. We have written previously how tourists are being routinely fined 20,000 baht and up for vaping in public and how there are public announcements and signs at Passport Control in Bangkok informing tourists that vaping is not legal in Thailand.

The Thai government has started seminars to educate on why they take this hard-line stance on vaping to inform the public and tourists alike as they state they care about the health of their citizens and visitors to Thailand alike.

In a seminar on the facts about e-cigars, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Kachornsak Kaewchamras revealed 3.3 percent of teen smokers aged between 13 and 15 were found to be smoking e-cigars as they were under the impression that e-cigars were safe, according to a survey in 2015.

Dr. Kachornsak explained that the liquid used in e-cigarettes contains nicotine. The vapor they produce is addictive and poses the risk of lung cancer and other health problems.

He disclosed that the World Health Organization had announced e-cigars were not a tool for withdrawal from cigarettes, as no regulatory bodies had confirmed their safety. The WHO Country Office in Thailand has issued a statement warning about the dangers of e-cigars for smokers and persons close to them, with pregnant women and children the most susceptible to passive smoking.

Dr. Kachornsak suggested that those planning to quit smoking call Thailand National Quit-line at 1600 or consult tobacco withdrawal clinics at hospitals supervised by the Ministry of Public Health across the country.

Police officials inform us they will continue to take a no tolerance stance on vaping with increasing fines for those caught vaping in public.

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Agree Ru4Real a complete load of b******s.   

But cigarettes are OK.  LOL

Very surprised at the WHO contributing to this dangerous scam.

Suggest that everyone sends an email here: mailto:[email protected] objecting to them participating in this misinformation. It's the email address for:

The WHO Representative
Kertesz, Dr Daniel

88/20 Permanent Secretary Building Ministry of Public Health Tiwanon Road 11000 - Nonthaburi, Thailand

Edited March 6, 20188 yr by Darksider11

When I land in Bangkok, it will be 294 days of Vaping since my last trip!

I know I’ll get flamed but I’m actually looking forward to my first cigarette.

Here at home I feel guilty about smoking, I Vape to save money and I save enough for a months worth of Thailand trips.

As I can’t vape in Thailand, cigarettes the Thai brands I smoke whilst on holidays are cheap.... I don’t feel at all bad about smoking 555 

I’m considerate of those eating and so forth and only smoke where it’s tolerated mainly on my hotel balcony and some Smokey bars around town.....

 

What ignorant rubbish. Contrast that with the UK NHS who actually recommend vaping for smokers.

It's amazing how they can just ignore the large body of research that shows that vaping is vastly safer than smoking.

I can understand the finance ministry folk who don't want to lose out on tobacco tax, but actual medical practitioners espousing this kind of claptrap is shameful.

1 hour ago, js89 said:

Contrast that with the UK NHS who actually recommend vaping for smokers.

As do most medical practitioners in the world. I've sent my email to the head of the WHO (Thailand). Have you?

7 hours ago, Darksider11 said:

As do most medical practitioners in the world. I've sent my email to the head of the WHO (Thailand). Have you?

Not yet, because I'm looking for the contact details of the fool who published this bogus nonsense, Dr. Kachornsak Kaewchamras. I'd prefer to send my email to him.