Harmful effects of tobacco

| 18/03/2022 - 11:42

Faced with the increasing smoking rate despite many propaganda and support measures for smoking cessation, health experts say that it is necessary to recognize the role of products that reduce the harmful effects on smokers rather than letting them continue to stick to cigarettes.

| 25/01/2021 - 09:43

New generation cigarettes including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products have not been officially sold commercially in Vietnam but have been widely sold on the black market. This situation has increased the burden on authorities in handling related issues.

| 18/09/2020 - 09:30

Preventing adolescents from accessing all types of tobacco, including new-generation tobacco, is one of the top priorities in the fight against the harmful effects of tobacco. What is the effective barrier to this?

| 12/08/2020 - 11:34

Although the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention clearly stipulates that cigarettes are not sold to people under 18 years old, in reality, children or people under 18 years old can easily access this product at any grocery store. According to Article 32, the act of buying and selling cigarettes to people under 18 years old is illegal and subject to a fine of 1 to 2 million VND, but in reality, the implementation of this penalty is not widely popular and is not strong enough to prevent.

| 10/08/2020 - 19:57

Although the authorities are increasingly taking stronger action in tobacco control, Vietnam is still in the group of 15 countries with the highest number of smokers in the world. This shows that, to speed up the effectiveness of this "war", it is clear that many measures are needed in addition to current activities.

| 22/07/2020 - 20:50

The workshop on Prevention of Tobacco Smuggling organized by the Consumer Protection Association this year, for the first time, the problem of new-generation tobacco smuggling has been mentioned, with many interesting information.