Bangkok, July 1 – Department of Disease Control by the Division of the Tobacco Products Control Board. Sonthi is working with the Office of the Consumer Protection Board. More than three large e-cigarettes were seized in the middle of the market along the expressway, Ramintra, Bangkok, with damages worth more than a million baht.
Yesterday (June 30, 2023), Dr. Tares Krassanairawiwong Director General Department of Disease Control Assigned Dr. Chayanan Sitthibut, Director of the Division of the Tobacco Products Control Board (NorKorSor.), to send a team of lawyers and officials according to The Tobacco Products Control Act of 2017 went to the area with the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) to arrest e-cigarette shops. After discovering that there is a large number of illegal sales of e-cigarettes and e-cigarette refills from abroad By bringing it to sell in the market along the Duan Ram Inthra.
Dr. Chayanan said that as a result of the OCPB officials following up and investigating, it was found that e-cigarettes were illegally sold. with characteristics sold at the storefront by displaying the product catalog So that customers can choose the model, style, smell and agree on the price before sending the device to the customer. Which today therefore mobilizes to search and arrest all 3 places with damage worth over a million baht
For this operation, the NTC and the OCPB acted in accordance with the Consumer Protection Board Order No. 9/2558 dated January 28, 2015 on the prohibition of selling or prohibiting the provision of hookah, electric hookah or cigarettes. electricity or hookah liquid for filling electric hookah or e-cigarettes in the inspection, seizure and seizure to take further legal action against the seller
Mr. Lertsak Raktham, Director of the Legal Execution Division of the OCPB, said that the OCPB must ask for cooperation from all agencies involved in the enforcement of e-cigarette control laws. The epidemic prevention cannot be accomplished by just one agency. But it must come from cooperation from all sectors. For example, this event was supported by the legal team. and officials of the NCPO participated in this operation until it was successful. To jointly create a sustainable smoke-free society. Therefore, if people find the sale of electronic cigarettes, electric hookahs, including liquid refills Clues can be reported at the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) hotline, tel. 1166 during official days and times.
Dr. Chayanan added that cigarettes, including electronic cigarettes All of them contain toxic substances. dangerously addictive If those who want to quit smoking should seek counseling or receive smoking cessation services at a medical facility under the Ministry of Public Health near home This will help to quit smoking successfully and sustainably. or quit smoking, call 1600 .-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency