The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam, today (October 10) announced his second "policy report". Shortly after the opening ceremony, he announced that Hong Kong would completely ban e-cigarettes. Lin Zhengyue stressed that this is to protect the health of children and adolescents. E-cigarettes are very harmful, and some studies have found that e-cigarettes can cause male infertility and even cancer.

According to Hong Kong media reports, the SAR government will completely ban the sale and import of electronic cigarettes, including heating cigarettes and other emerging tobacco products.

According to the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, the main components of some e-cigarettes, including nicotine and propylene glycol, may also contain glycerin and odorants. The liquids used in e-cigarettes and their emissions also contain other chemicals, some of which are considered toxic. The Commission commissioned the Hong Kong Baptist University to test 13 e-cigarettes in the market. It was first discovered that e-cigarettes contain chemical polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Direct inhalation by the public may interfere with thyroid secretion and affect fetal brain and nerve development; men may be infertile or even carcinogenic.