{"id":39743,"date":"2025-06-18T17:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/?p=39743"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:47:55","slug":"lahore-sapeher-times-print-digital-tv-media-coverage-request-for-peaceful-protest-by-all-pakistan-vaping-association-on-20th-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/?p=39743","title":{"rendered":"LAHORE (Sapeher Times) Print, Digital &#038; TV Media Coverage Request for Peaceful Protest by All Pakistan Vaping Association on 20th June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To,<\/p>\n<p>Assignment Editor<\/p>\n<p>LAHORE Date: 18 June, 2025 (Sapeher Times): Print, Digital &amp; TV Media Coverage Request for Peaceful Protest by All<br \/>\nPakistan Vaping Association on 20th June<\/p>\n<p>The All Pakistan Vaping Association is organizing a peaceful protest on Friday, 20th<br \/>\nJune 2025, in front of the Punjab Assembly, Lahore,<br \/>\nfrom 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, in<br \/>\nresponse to the recent vape ban in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>This protest is being held to raise serious concerns regarding the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf The government has imposed a sudden ban on vaping \u2014 a product widely<br \/>\nconsidered less harmful than cigarettes \u2014 while cigarettes<br \/>\nremain legal. If public<br \/>\nhealth is the goal, the selective ban raises major questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf This move seems aimed at protecting cigarette sales, potentially influenced by<br \/>\npolitical or commercial links with large tobacco companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf With this ban, approximately 3,000 businesses and 20,000 jobs are directly<\/p>\n<p>impacted, while nearly two million vape users are at risk of reverting to cigarette<br \/>\nsmoking to meet their nicotine needs \u2014 ultimately reversing years of<\/p>\n<p>harm-reduction progress.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the concern, no official notification regarding the ban has been issued.<\/p>\n<p>However, law enforcement and other authorities have reportedly been pressuring local<br \/>\nretailers to shut down vape shops. In many cases, individuals are being harassed or<br \/>\nmade to pay unofficial fines before being allowed to leave \u2014 creating widespread<br \/>\nconfusion and disruption in the market<\/p>\n<p>We invite your platform to cover this protest and report on the current situation. We\u2019re<br \/>\navailable to share further details if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time and consideration.<br \/>\nBest regards,<\/p>\n<p>Media Coordinator<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Abbas<\/p>\n<p>Contact: 0309-9445442<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To, Assignment Editor LAHORE Date: 18 June, 2025 (Sapeher Times): Print, Digital &amp; TV Media Coverage Request for Peaceful Protest by All Pakistan Vaping Association on 20th June The All Pakistan Vaping Association is organizing a peaceful protest on Friday, 20th June 2025, in front of the Punjab Assembly, Lahore, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":39746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-63","category-pakistan-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39744,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39743\/revisions\/39744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sapeher.dailysapehertimes.com.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}