A netizen recently posted a video showing passengers smoking e-cigarettes on the G689 high-speed train. On October 8, 12306's customer service said in response to media that e-cigarettes can be carried but not smoked on high-speed trains, and those caught smoking on trains or setting off smoke alarms will be sent to the police, and those in serious cases will be punished.

There is no "twilight zone" in banning vaping in public places. In recent years, local governments have issued updated versions of "smoking bans", including e-cigarettes in public places. The question is whether such a "smoking ban" will make violators feel any real pain. From this point of view, everyone who smokes e-cigarettes in non-smoking places should be regulated by law.

About "smoking", many people have a deep misunderstanding, that only can light up is "smoking". In fact, there are many kinds of "smoke", and the ordinary cigarette is just one of them. Burning or not is not the only sign of "smoke". With the development of e-cigarettes, there are various ways of smoking, but no matter how the form changes, the purpose of smoking nicotine has not changed, which is an important sign of "smoking".

Since they are "cigarettes", e-cigarettes are of course addictive, although more hidden, but the harm to the body still exists. Smoking in public places is annoying not only because of the pungent second-hand smoke, but also because of the way smokers puff as if no one is watching. Vaping on a high-speed train is in itself a flouting of the rules and an affront to the rights of others. In recent years, vaping on high-speed trains has been punished in many places. Still, there are those who are not afraid to challenge the rules. It is easy to see that there are not too many cases, but too few; The punishment was not too heavy, but too light.

Compared with traditional cigarettes, the smoke of e-cigarettes is thinner and "not like smoke", which is more subtle and deceptive, and also makes it difficult to investigate according to law. On October 1, the mandatory national standards for e-cigarettes came into effect. For e-cigarettes, "verification" is only the first step toward regulation. As well as strengthening regulation of e-cigarettes, it is necessary to bring all types of "surrogate" products under the umbrella of regulation -- if revenue is earned in the name of "smoke", it must be regulated as "smoke". This is the bottom line of morality, but also the red line of law.