What is a vape? Are students in Vietnam allowed to use vapes if they are under 18 years old?
What is a vape in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Decree 67/2013/ND-CP elaborating some articles and measures for implementation the Law on Tobacco harm prevention applicable to tobacco trading.
In Article 3 of Decree 67/2013/ND-CP, there are a number of definitions related to tobacco as follows:
1. Tobacco leaves are leaves of the tobacco plant (scientific name Nicotiana tabacum L and Nicotiana rustica) that are raw materials for processing tobacco ingredients.
2. Tobacco is a product that is manufactured wholly or partially from tobacco ingredients, and in the form of cigarettes, cigars, shredded tobacco that are used for smoking pipes, smoking, chewing, or sniffing.
Thus, according to the above regulations, vape is a form of tobacco product.
According to information sources, it can be understood that a vape consists of two main parts: the filter containing nicotine and a mixture of aromatic substances. The body, instead of containing tobacco, is an electronic device that, when activated, will spray the mixture. The vapor combines to pass through the filter to dissolve nicotine and aroma.
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Are students in Vietnam allowed to use vapes if they are under 18 years old?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of the Law on tobacco harm prevention 2012, it is stipulated as follows:
Prohibited acts
1. Manufacturing, trading, importing, storing and transporting fake tobacco and products that resemble cigarette packs or cigarettes; trading, storing and transporting tobacco ingredients and smuggled tobacco.
2. Running advertisement, sales promotion and direct marketing to consumers in any form.
3. Giving sponsorship by tobacco trading organizations and individuals, except the cases defined in Article 16 of this Law.
4. Persons under 18 using, buying or selling tobacco.
5. Employing persons under 18 to buy or sell tobacco.
6. Selling or supplying tobacco to persons under 18.
7. Selling tobacco through vending machines; smoking and selling tobacco at non-smoking places.
8. Using tobacco pictures on newspapers and publications for children.
9. Encouraging or forcing other persons to use tobacco.
According to the above regulations, people under 18 years old are strictly prohibited from using tobacco in general.
Therefore, if students are under 18 years old, they are not allowed to use vapes.
What is the state policies on prevention of tobacco harms in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Law on tobacco harm prevention 2012, amended by Clause 1, Article 9 of the Law on amendments to some Articles concerning planning of 11 Laws in 2018 as follows:
State policies on prevention of tobacco harms
1. Socializing resources for preventing tobacco harms.
2. Applying appropriate tax policies in order to reduce the proportion of tobacco users.
3. The production and sale of tobacco shall be conformable with the target for gradually reducing tobacco supply and tobacco demand.
4. Encouraging domestic and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals to provide smoking cessation and treatment services; doing research on tobacco harms and smoking cessation methods; doing research on smoking cessation medications; cooperating in and funding the prevention of tobacco harms and encourage tobacco users to quit voluntarily.
5. Encouraging and enabling organizations and individuals that grow tree tobacco, produce and process tobacco ingredients to change their trades or occupations.
6. Giving commendations to agencies, organizations and individuals that obtain achievements in the prevention of tobacco harms.
Thus, currently, our State has 06 policies to prevent the harmful effects of tobacco.
Regarding state management responsibility for preventing and controlling the harmful effects of tobacco, Article 5 of the Law on tobacco harm prevention 2012 states as follows:
Responsibilities for state management of the prevention of tobacco harms
1. The Government shall unify the state management of the prevention of tobacco harms.
2. The Ministry of Health shall be responsible for to the Government for the state management of the prevention of tobacco harms, and has the following tasks and powers:
a/ Promulgate intra vires, or request the Government and the Prime Minister to promulgate, legal documents, strategies, policies and plans on the prevention of tobacco harms, and national technical regulations on tobacco;
b/ Directing and organizing the implementation of legal documents, strategies, policies and plans on the prevention of tobacco harms;
c/ Providing information and education about the prevention of tobacco harms;
d/ Providing training and increase manpower for the prevention of tobacco harms;
e/ Organizing tobacco addiction research, consultation, prevention, diagnosis and treatment ;
f/ Carrying out inspections, settling complaints and denunciations, and disciplining violations of the prevention of tobacco harms intra vires;
g/ Annually reviewing and reporting the results of prevention of tobacco harms to the Government ;
h/ Participating in international cooperation in the prevention of tobacco harms.
3. Other ministries and ministerial-level agencies , within the ambit of their tasks and powers, must actively perform the tasks of preventing tobacco harms; and coordinate with the Ministry of Health in performing the state management of the prevention of tobacco harms.
4. The People's Committees at all levels, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, must administer the prevention of tobacco harms; and be in charge for implementation of regulations on local non-smoking places in their.
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