{"id":24532,"date":"2021-03-18T01:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T05:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=24532"},"modified":"2021-03-18T01:51:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T05:51:27","slug":"vaping-news-jamaica-vaping-to-be-treated-as-smoking-under-tobacco-act-as-per-who-compliance-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/24532","title":{"rendered":"VAPING NEWS: JAMAICA [Vaping To Be Treated As Smoking Under Tobacco Act As Per WHO Compliance Demands]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-offset-key=\"2oahi-0-0\">&#8220;The use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery systems (ENDS), also known as e-cigarettes, and other vaping devices in public spaces are to fall under the scope of the Tobacco Control Act 2020, which is now being reviewed by a joint select committee of Parliament. The provision goes beyond the traditional tobacco products, as the Government seeks to fill gaps in the current legislation to make the country fully compliant with the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FTCC). The proposed Bill prohibits holding or smoking a lit electronic tobacco product in public places such as bus stops, schools, government-occupied buildings supermarkets, areas designated for use by children, sport and recreational facilities, and health facilities, including pharmacies.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BILL TARLING &#8212; <span data-offset-key=\"2oahi-0-0\">Of course they&#8217;re also following the U.S. FDA and <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2oahi-1-0\">CDC<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2oahi-2-0\"> anti-vaping policy by referencing the E-liquid Vape Products as &#8220;ENDS&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE LINK:\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/news\/electronic-cigarettes-to-come-under-tobacco-control-act_217330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electronic cigarettes to come under Tobacco Control Act<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"VAPING%20NEWS%3A%20JAMAICA%20%5BVaping%20To%20Be%20Treated%20As%20Smoking%20Under%20Tobacco%20Act%20As%20Per%20WHO%20Compliance%20Demands%5D\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery systems (ENDS), also known as e-cigarettes, and other vaping devices in public spaces are to fall under the scope&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vaping-news","wpcat-147-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24533,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24532\/revisions\/24533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}