Thai Government to face the problem of pollution of cigarette butts, ordered from now (2017) from November 20 at the National Trial beach smoking ban, in accordance with the "Ocean Park Act" banning smoking on the beach of drug addicts and offenders will face a maximum 100,000 yuan baht fine (equivalent to NT $ 9.6 million), and may even be sentenced to up to one year in prison. It is understood that the Thai beach has an average of 0.76 per square meter cigarette butts, if it stretches 2.5 kilometers of beach, there are more than 100,000 cigarette butts.

travelers to Thailand to play, remember the beach smoking ban, so as not to be punished.

Comprehensive "Thailand Daily News", "Phuket News" reported that the Thai National Oceanic and Coastal Resources (DMCR) recently in Patong Beach, Phuket samples to area of ​​90,000 square meters, 10 cm deep sand sampling, cigarette butts found an average of 0.76 per square meter, if the 2.5 km long beach conjecture, on top of cigarette butts will be more than 100,000, causing serious pollution to the environment.

Minister of Marine and Coastal Resources Gutu Pang (Jatuporn Buruspat) said, "drug addicts must be designated area outside the beach to smoke, cigarette butts should not be brought into the beach, to face a negative impact on the ecosystem. Cigarette butt caused a considerable extent on the environment pollution, such as clogged drains, could lead to flooding, cigarette butts chemicals into the water, will release cadmium, arsenic, lead, Ziranhuanjing pollution in the food chain. "

Thai authorities view of this, ordered the November, 20 at the beach smoking ban nationwide trial, including Hua Hin Beach at 3 and so on and so on Phuket's Patong Beach at 3 well-known western Prachuap Khiri Khan, the eastern Chonburi Pattaya beach House at 3, etc., after the end of the trial period, the country will be non-smoking beach and yacht, and offenders to a maximum one-year imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 baht families.

Thailand Tourism Bureau reminder, Thailand since 2014 a ban on electronic cigarette smoke, if you find someone using an electronic cigarette device, or use the electronic cigarette smoke, are likely to be arrested or receive a higher value than the electronic cigarette fined many times, do not go to Thailand to bring the relevant equipment in order to avoid facing criminal liability or fines.