On Monday, police officers raided two apartments in Soi Sukhumvit 13 in Bangkok, arresting another Chinese national and confiscating 552 Zombie Pods and related paraphernalia. A recent survey by Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine found that Thailand now has 1.7 million e‑cigarette users, up from just 500,000 in 2020. The study found that peer pressure and social media portrayals of vaping as a "cool" lifestyle strongly influence experimentation. Opponents of e-cigarette and vaping, including the World Health Organization and medical communities, warn that recent research links vape liquids to cardiovascular risks and ischaemic stroke. With the spread of Zombie Pods, young users face heightened exposure to recreational drugs and narcotics.

Source: Bangkok Post December 24, 2025 00:17 UTC