VAPING NEWS: THAILAND [Appeal To Remove Vape Ban That Was Pushed Using Bogus Glantz Studies]

“The Office of the Ombudsman in Thailand has called on the government’s agencies to listen to the voices of vapers and harm reduction advocates before continuing or lifting the ban on vaping. Thailand has implemented a number of bans over the years, but the current one has been implemented with ferocity and seen many arrested, fined, and/or jailed. Ends Cigarette Smoke Thailand (ECST) told Planet of the Vapes that the push to ban vaping and criminalise vapers was rooted in the bogus work of Stanton Glantz. “The current ban on e-cigarettes is a violation of the people’s right to access safer alternative products and accurate information about e-cigarettes. We have requested justice from the Office of the Ombudsman to provide fairness to e-cigarette users in the country.” The organisation estimates that over half a million Thai vapers currently use a secretive black market to source their supplies.”

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Ombudsman Supports Consumer Voices