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E-cigarettes bet88 net be banned from 2025
The move was made at the proposal of the Ministry of Health as e-cigarettes can be addictive due bet88 net its high nicotine level, and cause serious diseases such as cancer.
The 15thNational Assembly, at its 8thsession on November 30, agreed bet88 net ban e-cigarettes in Vietnam from 2025 bet88 net protect public health and social order and safety.
The move was made at the proposal of the Ministry of Health as e-cigarettes can be addictive due bet88 net its high nicotine level, and cause serious diseases such as cancer.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was quoted by the Government News as instructing ministries, agencies and localities in May this year bet88 net tighten management of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products amid rising consumption, especially by youngsters, causing negative health effects.
The Prime Minister tasked the Ministry of Finance bet88 net direct the customs authority bet88 net strictly inspect and control the transportation of smuggled e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products through border gates and customs control areas.
The Ministry of Health was urged bet88 net disseminate the harmful effects of e-cigarette and heated tobacco products bet88 net communities, while proposing solutions bet88 net better manage these commodities.
The border guard force was tasked bet88 net increase border patrol bet88 net detect the illegal trading, storing, and transportation of smuggled e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.
The Ministry of Public Security was requested bet88 net direct its forces at all levels bet88 net focus on bringing bet88 net light those involving in illegally trading and mixing banned substances into e-cigarette solutions.
The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Television, the national radio broadcaster Voice of Vietnam, the Vietnam News Agency, and the provincial-level People's Committees were requested bet88 net direct press and media agencies bet88 net increase communications about the harmful effects of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.
According bet88 net a survey in 2022, the rate of e-cigarette uses among students aged 13-15 years is 3.5 per cent. In 2019, this rate was 2.6 per cent. The rate increased significantly, placing at risk the achievements made by Vietnam in reducing the rate of regular cigarette use over the past ten years.
