Electronic cigarette: a scientific institute is against

 

The organization of health international specialized in tuberculosis and respiratory patients, the Union took place Sunday against the electronic cigarette and called for a “regulation of these products in the shortest possible time.”

It justifies its position by “the potential negative impact of nicotine on the developing adolescent brain” and “the risk of nicotine addiction” for young people who are not yet addicted to tobacco.

“No scientific studies have shown no harmful effects of these products,” argues the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) in a statement issued on the occasion of the 44th World Conference on Lung Health in Paris . ‘s categorized drugs The EU strongly supports a stricter regulation of the manufacture, marketing and sale of electronic cigarettes and would like these products fall into the category of drugs.

If it is not possible to classify e-cigarettes as a drug, the Union calls for a ban of its advertising, sale to minors, and its use in public places. She also asked to display the detail of the composition of the liquid and warning labels. A European project to classify the electronic cigarette as a drug as part of an anti-tobacco text was rejected in early October by the Parliament European. The French Office of Tobacco Prevention (OFT), an association fighting against tobacco-, had welcomed this decision ensures that these products that enable smokers to drastically reduce their consumption or even stop smoking, remain easily accessible.

safety of e-cigarettes has not been scientifically proven Western health authorities reported since the outbreak of the phenomenon e-cigarette device that delivers a flavored vapor with nicotine are not available enough to know of its health impact in the medium and long term and to determine its safety perspective.

The World Health Organization (WHO), wrote in a document dated July that “the safety of electronic cigarettes has not been scientifically proved.” But scientists and doctors agree more to say that the level of dangerousness of e-cigarettes is incommensurate with that of tobacco cigarettes that kill each year worldwide more than 5 million people (WHO figures).

Electronic cigarette: a scientific institute is against