Regulations prohibiting import and sales of e-cigs work…
Glantz SA. Regulations prohibiting import and sales of e-cigs work; Brazil and Thailand should keep
them. Stanton Glantz Blog. 30 Oct 2023.
(Stanton Glantz is an American Professor from the University of California, San Francisco, a long-time activist and researcher of tobacco issues.)
“While policies prohibiting the import and sale of e-cigarettes do not prevent all use, they dramatically reduce it.
For example, in Brazil and Thailand, youth use is about one-tenth of what they were in the US, which has taken a much more lenient approach.”
| Youth | ||
| Brazil (2019) | 2.8% (age 13-17) | 0.6% (age 15+) |
| Turkey (2016) | 1.1% (age 15+) | |
| Thailand (2019) | 3.7% (seventh grade) | |
| US (2019) | 27.5% (middle school) 10.5% (high school) | 4.5% (age 18+) |
“In addition, unlike the US and other countries with permissive e-cigarette policies, Thai youth e-cigarette use did not change significantly between 2015 and 2019 (3.7% in 2019 vs. 3.3% in 2015).
The current regulations in Brazil and Thailand have been a success at protecting public health. The governments there should resist pressure from the multinational tobacco companies and keep things the way they are.”
Comment: Eliminating the availability and promotion of e-cigarettes is critical to eliminating a new generation of nicotine addicts.
Stephen Hamann
