Is vaping nicotine legal in Thailand or do people do it secretly despite the law?

@Steven **********

considering the cannabis side of it, smoking in public is illegal, with fines upto bt25,000, and 3 months in jail. Smoking in private is legal. On the vaping side of it, any vaping of any kind is illegal, with fines up to bt30,000, and upto ten years in prison. What they would do if caught vaping cannabis is anyone's guess. It would depend on your attitude toward them.

@Paul ******

true, so have I but I wouldn't recommend it to somebody who is asking for advice.

@Eric ******

If you really want/need it, just buy it onces you're here and don't walk around using it.

@Dave **********

Whatever you do, do NOT bring in such equipment through Malaysia. While I am not sure of the vaping rules there, Malaysia, being an Islamic country has far stricter rules on alcohol, cannabis and anything to do with drugs than Thailand does.

My suggestion would be Laos or Cambodia, since Myanmar is unlikely to reopen it's land borders for months or even years to come.

@Dave **********

Yeah not the best idea even if it's worked for you so far.

If absolutely necessary enter through a LAND border, but before you do, research the rules on vaping in the country you pass through and also their customs rules.

For example, if I were you and I absolutely had to bring in vaping equipment (I neither smoke tobacco nor vape, though very very occasionally like a bit of marijuana) I would purchase a through ticket to or a one way flight to either Phnom Penh or Vientiane and then enter Thailand by land.

This is because at land borders, customs checks are very lax, especially if coming across the border by car.

If arriving by bus or on foot it's small enough to conceal inside your pant pockets, that would work too.

There will almost certainly NOT be an inspection of your luggage if entering by car from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos or Malaysia.

There might be a brief x-ray inspection of luggage brought in by bus passengers or those arriving on foot only, across the Aranyaprathet crossing from Poipet, Cambodia and maybe Nong Khai, across from Vientiane.

Not that I would advocate any illegal activities but it's also easier to buy your way out of trouble at a land border than at an airport, where rules are more strictly followed due to greater levels of scrutiny.

If you MUST bring in such items, prepare to be a little creative in how you get into the country, as I have just suggested.

@Dave **********

Congratulations, you got away with something you weren't supposed to do. The penalty for importing a controlled substance into Thailand is much worse than simply being found in possession of it outside a bar in Pattaya.

@Eric ******

I know someone who was fined 50 000 bahts for vaping

@Eric ******

take your vape and issue 10,000 baht fine is what I hear

@Eric ******

I met a cop recently, who was vaping a very big electronic cigarette. Asking him about it, he said he took it / confiscated it off some poor schmuck since they are illegal. TIT.

@Eric ******

If they think they can get some tea money for themselves. Then they care.