Fecha de publicación: 02/12/2024 Fuente: Tobacco Reporter Lugar: Featured Vietnam will ban vapes next year, reports VN Express.On Nov. 30, the country’s National Assembly approved a measure to prohibit the production, sale, import, storage, transportation and use of e-cigarettes starting in 2025.Previously, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said e-cigarettes need to be banned “due to their harmful health effects.” NA delegates also agreed that policies to ban and tightly monitor illegal sales are necessary.World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Vietnam’s action. “Congratulations, Vietnam, on making this bold decision to protect your citizens, especially the young ones, from vaping and heated tobacco products,” he wrote on social media platform X.