Vaping in central asia

[Mylesk]

I read somewhere vaping has been banned in Kazakhstan in last few months (and the other stans?).
I have a (non disposible) vape (terrible habit I know, but it got me off ciggies).
I know some countries (e.g. India) are very agressive about finding and getting rid of vapes, and some countries don't really care.
Has anyone had experiance of this?

[steven]

Interesting topic!

It's banned for now in
Kazakhstan: https://www.uzdaily.com/en/post/90296/
Turkmenistan: https://akipress.com/news:712777:Turkme ... s_-_media/
Kyrgyzstan: https://daryo.uz/en/2024/06/27/kyrgyzst ... usts-fines

It is not yet banned in Uzbekistan: https://timesca.com/uzbekistan-proposes ... igarettes/
Tajikistan no rules either yet it seems.

Something to follow up on. I remember Thailand tried to ban smoking years ago but big tobacco companies sued them under WTO and they had to cave in. Could see this happening here again.

[Mylesk]

yes, saw those articles on it being banned, but in 'Stans rules are one thing, enforcement another!
(I was in Nicaragua where they are also banned, I mentioned this and the locals laughed! However many Asian contries enforce it like no ones business!)
I know I should probably use as excuse to stop but more likely after a couple of weeks will go back to smoking and don't really want to go down that road!