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Hong Kong pushes ahead with blanket ban on e-cigarettes, with maximum penalty of six months in jail and HK$50,000 fine

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It may be time to kick the habit for vapers in Hong Kong as officials ready a law to choke the supply, sale and promotion of e-cigarettes, with a maximum penalty of six months’ imprisonment and a fine of HK$50,000 (US$6,370). A bill to amend the Smoking Ordinance targeting new tobacco products was submitted to the Legislative Council on Wednesday and will go through its first reading on February 20. The near-total ban makes good on a pledge Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor made...

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