National Police units have located and dismantled a  criminal organization dedicated to distributing electronic cigarettes with liquid marijuana.

Panamanian authorities have been tracking the group  for  several months  to get it out of circulation because according to reports, electronic cigarettes produce health effects a position shared by the Ministry of Health (Minsa), who have launched several campaigns to warn the population, especially young people, to avoid using these types of smoking devices.

During a meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO), in Brazil in July this year, a report presented warned that electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated.