E-Cigarettes? Leave 'em at home. Don't bring them to Thailand

[Gaybutton]

E-cigarettes: Spark Up and Face Five Years in Jail

21 June, 2016

A popular online police page has confirmed penalties for the possession of E-cigarettes. Users could be jailed for five-years and producers face ten-years inside for breaking the law.

The advice from policewoman Sirirat Piankaew on the “Muat Ka” page comes in the wake of the justice minister’s call for amphetamines to be taken off the narcotics list. Much confusion still exists over the legality of e-cigarettes.

Sirirat said that while there is no law specifically forbidding the possession of E-cigarettes they fall into a category of goods that have not had tax levied upon them and their possession therefore is illegal.

Offenders could face five-years jail or a fine of four times the value of the goods or both jail and fine.

The importation, sale and production for sale of E-cigarettes is also illegal with offenders liable to ten-year sentences for production & distribution and a fine of five times the value of the goods or both.

This law has been on the statute since December 2014.

All services associated with the smoking and promotion of E-cigarettes are also banned.

http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/2257 ... ears-jail/

[Moses]

I think it is fake news for viral distribution - for to collect visitors.

[Surfcrest]

http://www.electroniccigaretteconsumerr ... -e-liquid/

They are also quickly being called out by airlines who say they cannot be in your checked luggage, due to fire hazards from cheaply constructed batteries in these and vaporizers. You can carry them in your carry-on, but that will undoubtedly change quickly too...if it hasn't already.

Surfcrest

[gumbleby]

See http://www.thailandvapers.com/threads/v ... fied.14637 for an extensive discussion on this subject. As was to be expected, difficult to see clear on the matter and a lot of smoke.