Doctors, advocates demand e-cigarette regulation – Society
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Doctors, advocates demand e-cigarette regulation – Society

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Nina A. Loasana (The Jakarta Post)

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Jakarta   ●  
Sun, June 4, 2023

Doctors and health groups have urged the government to put a stricter regulation against electronic cigarettes in the proposed omnibus bill on health amid growing numbers of users, particularly among young people.

Roughly 10 years after e-cigarettes or vapes were first introduced to the Indonesian market, their sale and distribution remain largely unregulated.

Indonesia is the only country in the Southeast Asia region that does not implement a specific regulation on the distribution and marketing of e-cigarettes, in marked contrast to Singapore, Cambodia, Brunei and Thailand, which have imposed a complete ban on the products.  

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