{"id":3577,"date":"2023-02-04T01:47:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T06:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2023-02-07T01:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T06:51:09","slug":"vapers-feel-heat-of-change-in-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/vapers-feel-heat-of-change-in-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Vapers feel heat of change in Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Amended Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act makes vapers persona non grata but maybe it\u2019s doing them a favor<\/h3>\n<p>TAIPEI (Taiwan News) \u2014 Vapers are feeling the heat of change in Taiwan as the government is set to deprive them of the electronic cigarettes that deliver flavorful doses of nicotine, up to 2,000 other chemicals, and optional infusions of the cannabinoid THC.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these individuals picked up the habit abroad, mostly in the U.S., which leads the vaping industry and exports its products all over the world. The global market for e-cigarettes has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/outlook\/cmo\/tobacco-products\/e-cigarettes\/united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimated value<\/a> of US$8.28 billion and the U.S. comprises approximately one-third of this, with annual growth of about 3.87%.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of \u201csoft drugs\u201d like tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis, the U.S. and some other Western countries have \u201cprogressed\u201d to a point where the \u201cwar on drugs\u201d is giving way to business as usual. They are just another avenue for tax revenue.<\/p>\n<p>As for e-cigarettes, the international lobbyists of a well-organized and funded vaping industry trumpet \u201chealthy\u201d outcomes, achieving a \u201csmokeless\u201d or \u201csmoke-free\u201d society, and greenwashed claims that vaping is good for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan, it seems, is not falling for the hype and mid-January saw a third reading of the amended Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (\u83f8\u5bb3\u9632\u5236\u6cd5), which marks a ban on the import, sale, and manufacture of e-cigarettes. This means the bill should become law by mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4800230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amended Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act makes vapers persona non grata but maybe it\u2019s doing them a favor TAIPEI (Taiwan News) \u2014 Vapers are feeling the heat of change in Taiwan as the government is set to deprive them of the electronic cigarettes that deliver flavorful doses of nicotine, up to 2,000 other chemicals, and optional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wva-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vapers feel heat of change in Taiwan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/vapers-feel-heat-of-change-in-taiwan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vapers feel heat of change in Taiwan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amended Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act makes vapers persona non grata but maybe it\u2019s doing them a favor TAIPEI (Taiwan News) \u2014 Vapers are feeling the heat of change in Taiwan as the government is set to deprive them of the electronic cigarettes that deliver flavorful doses of nicotine, up to 2,000 other chemicals, and optional [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/vapers-feel-heat-of-change-in-taiwan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Vapers&#039; 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