The Tobacco Control Network is skeptical. The House of Representatives approves the commission’s budget. Go see an e-cigarette factory in China, even though it’s illegal in Thailand. it is spreading among children and young people
On April 17, 2024, Dr. Wanchat Suphachatra, Director of the Health Professions Network for a Smoke-Free Thai Society. Former president of the World Medical Association and the president of the Thai Medical Association under royal patronage revealed that the special committee is considering studying laws and measures to control and regulate e-cigarettes in Thailand. A trip to study and visit a manufacturing factory is planned.
and the commercial e-cigarette market in China This raises questions about the strangeness of carrying out the duties of this committee because e-cigarettes are an illegal product in Thailand. It is an addiction that is spreading among Thai children and young people.
“The Committee should play a role in seeking measures to monitor and enforce the law seriously. Instead, it will travel to see the factory as if to promote sales and production in Thailand. This would damage the image of the Commission and Parliament very Thai,” Dr. Wanchat said.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naowarat Charoenkha, Director of the Thai Institute for Health Promotion The National Public Health Foundation said the committee This must be answered by the company Visit to study the production and distribution of e-cigarettes What will be the benefits? Determine measures to control and regulate e-cigarettes in Thailand
Because traveling to see events in this way is similar to the practices of international cigarette companies. which often lead politicians, government officials and media to travel abroad on study trips to cigarette factories To promote the sale of these products
“The Tobacco Control Network has already taken note of the Commission’s work. This together has already been said. There are also people linked to international cigarette companies who are part of the committee, which is an action that violates the World Health Organization Tobacco Control Convention, Article 5.3, which prohibits people who have an interest or interests common with cigarette companies to participate in establishing policies to control tobacco products
Therefore, travel to see an e-cigarette factory in China. This further reflects the abnormality of the operations of this committee, which is extremely inappropriate and contrary to the tobacco control principles of the World Health Organization,” said Prof. Dr. Naowarat.
Prof. Dr. Wit Kasemsap, Director, Research and Knowledge Management Center for Tobacco Control (CRC), Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, said the committee. You should study the situation. Impact on health and society Laws regarding e-cigarettes and law enforcement processes In countries where e-cigarettes are banned
Such as Singapore, Australia, compared to countries that allow the sale of e-cigarettes, i.e. Malaysia, the Philippines, or countries that are in the process of enacting laws banning e-cigarettes, such as Brunei.
You should request information from that country’s regulatory authority, such as the Ministry of Public Health. or the Ministry of Digital Affairs Or if the Commission Do you want to know information on how to test substances to measure the levels of various chemicals? in electronic cigarettes
The Committee Representatives of the World Health Organization may be invited to provide information. This is because the World Health Organization has established a working group of experts on the control of products and chemicals in tobacco products. to support operations and already provide advice to various countries
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