Health Chief Vows To Move Quickly On E-cigarettes

Wednesday June 13, 2018.

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2018-06-13 HKT 17:19

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Health chief vows to move quickly on e-cigarettes

Health Secretary Sophia Chan on Wednesday said the government will move quickly to legislate rules on the sale of e-cigarettes.

The government is aiming to to tax electronic cigarettes and similar non-tobacco alternatives, just like it does cigarettes and cigars.

The government has submitted this proposal before lawmakers.

Chan said e-cigarettes are already in the market but there are many components in these, which are unknown.

"We have discovered that many of these constituents in the e-cigarettes are actually harmful to health. So we need to quickly strengthen our regulatory framework ... in order to better control and also regulate the e-cigarettes," she said.

Health Chief Vows To Move Quickly On E-cigarettes

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