Taiwanese actress Charlene An’s police extortion case is raising concerns over the legality of e-cigs and how smokers can still access them despite a ban in the kingdom.
It all started when An posted on social media early this month saying that she had been stopped and searched at a checkpoint while in a taxi with her friends during a night out in Bangkok. She said she was threatened with a criminal charge for having an e-cigarette device and later paid 27,000 baht before leaving the country on Jan 5.
Shortly after her post went viral, the Royal Thai Police began investigating the incident and concluded that it was…
