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Kids blow B27k a year on vaping
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 22/12/2024
» Young Thai vapers spend an average of 26,994 baht a year, or 2,245 baht a month, on the habit, mostly from money given to them by their parents as living allowances, a recent survey found.
40% of fathers smoke, survey shows
News, Published on 04/12/2024
» Almost four in ten fathers in Thailand smoke cigarettes, which mostly has a negative influence on their children, especially as more young people are now vaping while the average age of people who vape drops each year, according to new survey findings.
Thailand detects first case of new vaping disease
Published on 20/11/2024
» Thai health authorities have reported the first local case of a new vaping-related disease, and they fear more cases linked to heavy use of e-cigarettes.
Stats reveal secondhand smoke dangers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/11/2024
» Thailand ranks fifth in the world for having the highest number of female victims of secondhand smoke, whose risk of developing breast cancer is 1.24 times higher than those living in tobacco-free environments, according to a health expert.
Rehab push to address youth vaping
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/10/2024
» The Public Health Ministry is looking to rehabilitate 20,000 young vape users as part of its measures to suppress the spread of e-cigarettes, Minister Somsak Thepsutin said.
B2m in illegal smoking devices seized in Bangkok condo
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/09/2024
» Police have arrested a woman and seized illegal vaping and heated tobacco devices worth about 2 million baht in a condominium in Bangkok.
ภาษาอังกฤษที่คนไทยมักใช้ผิดกันจนชิน (10): เคย is often NOT "ever"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/06/2016
» It seems so natural to translate the Thai word เคย as “ever”. In the real world, however, we use "ever" in questions, negative statements and in certain "if" statements, but not in most other situations where เคย is used in Thai.
Lead mines secretly reopening
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/05/2013
» Lead mines which poisoned rivers & villages in Kanchanaburi, owned by a powerful family, slowly & secretly preparing to open again.
Asbestos kills, that's for sure
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/04/2013
» The World Health Organization & Thai doctors know it, but the public health ministry seems more interested in serving business interests.