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| Management of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products will be tightened.__Photo: VNA |
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested related ministries, agencies, and localities to tighten the management of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.
In the dispatch 47/CD-TTg dated March 13, the governmental leader said that despite initial results in the prevention and control of tobacco harms, the situation of e-cigarette and heated tobacco use has remained complicated in the community, especially among youngsters, negatively impacting to users’ health.
In order to intensify the prevention and control of harms from e-cigarette and heated tobacco use, the PM tasked the Ministry of Finance to direct the customs authority to strictly inspect and control the transportation of smuggled e-cigarettes and heated tobacco through border gates and customs control areas, and establish specialized anti-smoking projects to combat e-cigarettes and heated tobacco smuggling rings.
He also asked the Ministry of Health to increase the popularization and education on the harmful effects of e-cigarette and heated tobacco in the community, while proposing solutions to better manage these products.
The border guard force was tasked to increase border patrol to detect the illegal trading, storing, and transportation of smuggled e-cigarettes and heated tobacco.
The Ministry of Public Security was requested to direct its forces at all levels to focus on raiding rings and groups involving in illegally trading and mixing banned substances into e-cigarette solutions for prosecution.
The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Television, the radio Voice of Vietnam, the Vietnam News Agency, and the provincial-level People's Committees were requested to direct press and media agencies to increase communications about the harmful effects of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco.
PM Chinh also asked the National Steering Committee on Anti-smuggling, Counterfeit Goods and Trade Fraud (National Steering Committee 389) to direct its affiliates in ministries, sectors, and localities to check the implementation of this telegram.-(VLLF)
