Electronic cigarettes/vapes in Hua Hin and Thailand

[404cameljockey]

I see nobody wants to actually answer your question....

Thank you for the heads up. The two stores were even busier than ever on Tuesday.

So just to confirm, these are not weed vaporisers like we used to DIY in the past?

No this price is purely for 5000 puff normal vapes at a shop near the railway line.

[DDD]

Wondering if Thailand collects license fees, taxes, etc from weed? Great way to build back up the baht reserve. Guessing no taxes/fees on vapes. Reminds me of prohibition in the US ( alcohol banned) - where the government charged people with tax avoidance…
Also - was the idea of legal weed a sustainable initiative (like the previous King did with coffee, tilapia, etc)?

[warmn40s]

I found vapes easy to find … just ask … I got a disposable 6000 puffs for 370 Thb

[m_right]

My current is almost finished. Any current sources of new ones?

[joelle]

Just for information

Vape trails go up in smoke: Police puff out a e-cigarette distribution network in Bangkok busts

 Mitch ConnorPublished: 09:29, 15 December 2023

A significant e-cigarette distribution network has been dismantled by the police, following a series of raids in Bangkok. The leader of the network, 32 year old Jenkij Hom-aroon, was apprehended during the operation that occurred yesterday.

The Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) spearheaded the operation, acting on information related to the Iqos Thailand FanClub. This Facebook group was identified as the platform used by the network to sell and market e-cigarette modules and cartridges online.

Two locations were raided by the authorities, a condominium in the Bang Kho Laem district and a house on Nawamin Soi 42 in the Bueng Kum district. Both these locations were reportedly used for storage and distribution of the e-cigarettes. Major General Withaya Sriprasertsap, the CPPD commander, confirmed this information.

More than 70,000 e-cigarette modules and cartridges were seized during the operation. The estimated value of the confiscated goods is around 10 million baht. Following his arrest, Jenkij was charged with the distribution of e-cigarettes and cartridges, items considered illegal in the kingdom. He was subsequently taken to the CPPD Sub-Division 1’s office.

https://thethaiger.com/

[HHTel]

Yet there are weed shops popping up all over the place.
The BIB should have better things to do instead of using their resources to carry out 'vape raids'.

[joelle]

Yet there are weed shops popping up all over the place.
The BIB should have better things to do instead of using their resources to carry out 'vape raids'.

[PeteC]

Vaping a way to cut smoking death toll?

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... eath-toll-

......."An average of 47 people in Thailand die from smoking cigarettes every day, while there has not been a single recorded death here from using e-cigarettes.

Millions of people have successfully used vaping to quit smoking, and many countries actively promote vaping as a means to quit the deadly habit. Yet conventional cigarettes are available in every Thai convenience store, while e-cigarettes are illegal. Government officials and news headlines trumpet the supposed dangers of vaping, but stay silent on smoking even as it kills 71,000 Thais every year – the single biggest preventable cause of death."......

......."So why the anti-vaping hysteria? One motivation appears to be economic. The Bangkok Post quoted an official from the autonomous government agency ThaiHealth as saying, "E-cigarettes will have a widespread effect on tobacco farmers in the country," .., farmers will suffer income loss.".......

[Dannie Boy]

I don’t understand why the authorities here are so against e-cigarettes, whereas in most countries they put them forward as a less harmful method of smoking rather than tobacco products - I guess it must be the influence of the tobacco industry!!

https://thepattayanews.com/2025/04/04/t ... -concerns/