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Despite facing strong opposition from the vaping industry and political lobbyists, the Coalition gained support from key political figures, public health leaders, and NGOs. Over 32 months, the campaign achieved several key milestones, including the inclusion of criminal liabilities for those involved in the vaping industry, and, in 2024, it eventually joined a number of countries such as Thailand, Qatar, Japan, Singapore, and India in approving a vaping ban. The advocacy efforts relied on public engagement, social media, and coordinated civil society mobilization\u2014including petitions, public meetings, awareness campaigns, and coalition-building among NGOs and health advocacy groups\u2014to overcome industry resistance toward official vaping market ban approvals. This article uses the case study approach with the Power Prism framework to describe and evaluate the advocacy campaign\u2019s strategic plan, its political challenges, and the significant impact of public health advocacy in shaping national health policy. The significance of the article lies in the success of the vaping ban in the Kazakhstani context, which may serve as a model for other countries facing similar public health issues, political instability, and industry resistance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph22071102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,14]],"date-time":"2025-07-14T07:54:23Z","timestamp":1752479663000},"page":"1102","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Mobilizing for Health: A Case Study of Kazakhstan\u2019s Vaping Ban Advocacy Campaign"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Jamilya","family":"Sadykova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Coalition \u2018For Smokefree Kazakstan\u2019, 010000 Astana, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Akerke","family":"Ayaganova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Strategic Planning Department, Aktobe Regional State University Named After K.Zhubanov, 030000 Aktobe, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6563-802X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kuanysh A.","family":"Yergaliyev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, 010000 Astana, Kazakhstan"},{"name":"SDU Business School, SDU University, 040900 Almaty, Kazakhstan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"100208","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2019.10.019","article-title":"Vaping: A Growing Global Health Concern","volume":"17","author":"Besaratinia","year":"2019","journal-title":"eClinicalMedicine"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"56","article-title":"The Vaping Epidemic in Adolescents","volume":"117","author":"Jones","year":"2020","journal-title":"Mo. 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