Illegal e-cigarettes easily available near schools, with packaging and flavours to appeal to children
PUBLISHED : 3 Apr 2024 at 18: 03
Participants hold fans bearing messages urging the protection of young people from e-cigarette use at a seminar held on Wednesday by the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Foundation in Bangkok. (Photo: ASH Thailand Facebook)
Authorities need to do more to prevent e-cigarette use among young people, say participants who took part in a seminar held by the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Foundation on Wednesday.
The illicit sale of e-cigarettes in schools worries Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, said Warawut Yancharoen, assistant minister of the Prime Minister’s office.
The premier has instructed the relevant agencies to address and halt the distribution of e-cigarettes in schools, he told some 100 participants from across the country.
He noted a survey by the Thailand Youth Institut
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