Despite repeated health warnings about the risks involved, hookah and electronic cigarettes are being imported and sold more frequently via social networking sites, according to a recent Al Sharq investigation. The import, There will be heavier penalties for foreigners caught vaping from 1 September onwards. First time offenders will be fined and have their vapes seized. Repeated offenders risk revocation of their employment visit passes, E Cigarettes: Nicotine's Newest Red Herring Salud America Vietnam bans vapes, will fine tourists up to US$78 and jail e cigarette traders, producers South China Morning Post