Table 2.

Summary of tobacco control actions on ENDS ban in Thailand

Objectives	Key actors	Actions
Advocate for specific laws to ban ENDS	ASH BOT	▶ Updated the definition of tobacco control products in the TPCA. ▶ Worked with MOC to issue a ministerial notification banning the import of e-cigarettes. ▶ Worked with OCPB to issue an administrative order banning the sale of ENDS.
Educate public and policy-makers on danger of ENDS	ASH TRC THPAAT ThaiHealth	▶ Provided updated information about the risk of ENDS via social media, newspapers, television, radio, conferences and meetings. ▶ Targeted key policy-makers. ▶ Addressed three key issues: ENDS are harmful, not approved as effective quitting tools and raise initiation among teens.
Counteract pro-ENDS advocates	ASH TRC	▶ Opposed ENDS advocates serving on the government established working group or committee to consider e-cigarette policy. ▶ Blocked TI research funding to Thai researchers. ▶ Disclosed relationship between ENDS advocates and the TI. ▶ Supported policy-makers to keep the ban.

ASH, Action on Smoking and Health Thailand; BOT, Bureau of Tobacco Control; ENDS, electronic nicotine delivery systems; MOC, Ministry of Commerce; OCPB, Office of the Consumer Protection Board; ThaiHealth, Thai Health Promotion Foundation; THPAAT, Thai Health Professionals Alliance Against Tobacco; TI, tobacco industry; TPCA, Tobacco Products Control Act; TRC, Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center.