Indonesia May Implement A Total Ban On E-Cigarettes

Source from:  Vapingpost 08/10/2020

The health ministry of Indonesia, the world’s second biggest tobacco market after China, may be issuing a bill setting in place a total ban on vaping.

Anung Sugihantono, Indonesia’s director general of disease control and prevention, said that the government is revising current vaping regulations. “The ministry’s stance is consistent: we want to ban, not limit, vaping and e-cigarettes.”

This move is thought to have been motivated by the fact that a teenager in central Philippines, who had been vaping for six months, was recently diagnosed with a lung condition, thought to be first known case of EVALI in Asia. Indonesia has not reported any cases of the condition, and Indonesian Personal Vaporizer Association Chief, Garindra Kartasasmita, said that local smokers are reporting benefits in switching from smoking to vaping.  Enditem