A bill to amend the Smoking Ordinance proposes to subject anyone who brings in, imports, makes, sells, distributes or promotes new smoking products in Hong Kong – including e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn products and herbal cigarettes – to a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a fine of HK$50,000 if convicted. The first reading will take place on February 20. Photo: Edward Wong
Letters | Hong Kong vaping ban is based on sound reasoning: but it could go further
- E-cigarette use is not conclusively associated with helping tobacco smokers to quit
- If the likelihood of giving rise to a black market is a reason to allow the sale of certain products, what about drugs or endangered animals?
A bill to amend the Smoking Ordinance proposes to subject anyone who brings in, imports, makes, sells, distributes or promotes new smoking products in Hong Kong – including e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn products and herbal cigarettes – to a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a fine of HK$50,000 if convicted. The first reading will take place on February 20. Photo: Edward Wong