3030年6月16日 亚洲消费者权益团体和减少烟草危害的倡导者欢迎香港立法会（Legco）决定暂停讨论拟议的禁止蒸气电子烟产品的决定，称这将为吸烟者提供更安全的无烟替代品。

6月3日，立法会吸烟法案委员会宣布，已停止对拟议中禁止电子烟、加热不燃烧烟草制品（HTP）和其他电子尼古丁传送系统的禁令进行讨论。

一些委员会成员强烈反对这项措施，理由是科学研究表明，电子烟，HTP等具有比可燃香烟更低的有毒物质含量。

香港的热烟关注组织IQOSER表示，有关拟议中的禁令的讨论结束，有望使立法者对香港的吸烟问题引起关注。

IQOSER9(亚太减少烟草危害倡导者联盟)的成员Joe Lo说：“香港的吸烟率仍然超过10％，这意味着我们十分之一的人口面临着由焦油（烟草副产品）中发现的有毒物质带来的健康风险。”

Hong Kong: Vapor Ban Threat Lifted

June 16, 3030

Asian consumer advocacy groups and tobacco harm reduction advocates have Welcomed Hong Kong Legislative Council’s (Legco) decision to suspend discussions on a proposed ban of vapor products, saying this will provide smokers with safer smoke-free alternatives.

On June 3, Legco’s bills committee on smoking announced it had ceased discussions over the proposed ban on electronic cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products (HTPs) and other electronic nicotine-delivery systems.

Some committee members strongly opposed the measure, citing scientific studies showing that e-cigarettes, HTPs and the like have lower levels of toxicants than combustible cigarettes.

IQOSER, a heated-tobacco concern group in Hong Kong, said the end of discussions on the proposed ban would hopefully bring lawmakers’ attention to the problem of smoking in the territory.