Experts propose ban on trade, import, advertising of new-generation tobacco products


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JAKARTA/HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Allowing new tobacco products will likely result in a rise in the number of addicts in addition to the same health and economic concerns related to traditional cigarettes, according to experts at a meeting chaired by Vietnam health minister Dao Hong Lan.

Deputy head of the Ministry of Health's Legal Affairs Department Dinh Thi Thu Thuy said that authorities have taken multiple measures to curb the use of e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and their variants through awareness campaigns on their harms, while also handling smuggling cases on these new tobacco products.

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