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Singapore to impose harsher penalties on drug-laced vapes from September
Reuters, Published on 28/08/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore will take a harder stance against drug-laced vapes from September as it changes the classification of anaesthetic agent etomidate from a poison to a drug, the government announced on Thursday.
Singapore plans stiffer penalties, jail time for vaping offences
Published on 18/08/2025
» Singapore will introduce stiffer penalties for vaping offences, including possible jail time for “severe” violations, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Sunday.
WHO supports Thailand’s e-cigarette crackdown
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/08/2025
» The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed support for Thailand’s continued ban on the import and sale of e-cigarettes, while the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) has pledged a “denormalisation effort” to reduce the prevalence of vaping among young people.
Safer tourism needed now
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/07/2025
» The ongoing altercation between suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her former interior minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, about the reduced volume of Chinese tourists recently is getting uglier -- with no foreseeable end in sight.
Smuggled vapes intercepted near Malaysian border
News, Online Reporters, Published on 25/06/2025
» NARATHIWAT - Highway police seized 823 e-cigarettes, or vapes, being delivered by truck to customers and arrested the driver, who admitted to picking up the illicit goods at the Malaysian border.
Blitz on drugs targeting young people
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/06/2025
» The government has launched an urgent crackdown on four newly emerging forms of narcotics popular with young people, which are disguised in attractive, everyday products, including candy, lozenges, and inhalers available on online platforms.
Failed city council candidate, associates accused of vape trafficking
Online Reporters, Published on 10/06/2025
» The Thon Buri Criminal Court has approved arrest warrants for a former Bangkok city council candidate and three associates in connection with a major e-cigarette trafficking network in the Thon Buri area.
Vienna's musical message to aliens: One, two, three. One, two, three
Life, Published on 04/06/2025
» VIENNA - What would aliens make of the waltz?
Police nab leader of deadly vape heist at Bangkok Port
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/06/2025
» Bangkok police have arrested the alleged leader of the gang that stole confiscated e-cigarettes from a Customs warehouse inside Bangkok Port, killing a security guard who tried to stop them.
Local admins can help keep smoking rate down
News, Published on 01/06/2025
» Thailand has reduced its smoking rate by 48% over the past 33 years but tobacco use still places a heavy economic burden on low-income households, said the Action on Smoking and Health Foundation (ASH) during World No-Tobacco Day on Saturday.