E-cigarettes, e-baraku now specifically prohibited for students

A student looks at an e-cigarette displayed at an education exhibition during World No Tobacco day in Bangkok on May 31 last year. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)
During World No Tobacco Day in Bangkok on May 31st, last year, a scholar examines an e-cigarette displayed at an educational show. ( Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Ministry of Education proposed four amounts of punishment for students, including electronic cigarettes and digital baraku, as proposed by the government.

The new rules on student behavior under the Child Protection Act were approved at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to assistant government official Karom Ponpornklang.

He claimed that e-cigarettes and e-baraku were added to the list of things that were already considered cocaine and were included in the checklist.

The Ministry of Education set four amounts of consequence for students who breach the new regulations -&nbsp, 1. alert, 2. supervision, 3. calculation of psychological points and 4. activities for behavior modification.

The minister, Pol Gen Permpoon Chidchob, claimed that the ministry had no authority to seize the items, but other legitimate events had to accept responsibility for preventing their spread, Mr. Karom continued. &nbsp,

Although commonly available, e-cigarettes and baraku, or other water pipes used for smoking marijuana, are already prohibited in Thailand. E-baraku is a very new material. It is typically 11 centimeters long by 9 millimeters wide and allows the user to follow smoking a cigarette.