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Unionsafety has long since warned of the dangers of E-Cigarettes and claimed that it is merely exchanging one addiction (of tobacco based cigarettes) for another – that of nicotine and the “plumes of vapour they can produce."
Currently, around 42 countries ban sale of e-cigarettes, 55 allow their sale but have put restrictions on where and how they can be sold, while 30 countries regulate the amount of nicotine used in such devices. In June, San Francisco, which is the manufacturing centre for e- cigarette major Juul, also banned e-cigarettes. But the evidence that children are taking up vaping as the latest fad is growing too, especially in the UK. A recent report by the John Moores University, available from the Unionsafety E-Library; warned of the increasing use of E-Cigrarettes amongst school children and the fact that advertising is being aimed at children and those who do NOT in fact smoke ordinary cigarettes. The use of hundreds of flavourings and flashy bright sparkly covering of the barrels of the vaping unit; are attracting children. The BBC Horizon programme carried out an investigation into the flavourings used in E-cigarettes, and found that some of them are dangerous when inhaled and some are carcinogenic! India has recently discovered an alarming level of vaping amongst school children and have now decided to ban E-Cigarettes altogether. The ban announced on e-cigarettes and vaping products was announced on 18th September and does not come as a surprise. An investigation by a private school in Mayur Vihar India, which conducted a raid, resulted in an aghast head teacher telling the Times Of India, "To our astonishment, we found — and confiscated — 150 vaping devices in the surprise check of secondary and senior classes in just one day.” In children, the addiction element of nicotine and the vapourising of it, is far greater than in adults, says a leading expert, Dr Bharath Reddy, paediatric pulmonologist and director, Shishuka Children's Specialty Hospital, Bengaluru. Alka Saxena, health and wellness staff for Blue Bells chain of schools, said, “A major reason is lack of awareness among students who think vapes are not harmful. Those who may never smoke a cigarette also are likely to start vaping.” In the USA serious health concerns have led to US health officials saying that. “E-cigarettes should never be used by youths, young adults, pregnant women and adults who do not currently use tobacco products.”; and a Washington Post report referred to a study which claimed that “a single dose of e-cigarettes may be harmful to the body’s blood vessels — even when the vapour is entirely nicotine-free.” There have been at least 5 deaths in New York because of vaping, with 550 E-Cigarette users being treated for unidentified lung disease that agencies have conclusively linked to vaping. From her hospital bed in the USA, Instagrammer ‘Simahherman’ holds up a poster that reads: ‘I want to start a no vaping campaign’. In the message, the teenager speaks of developing breathing trouble about “a fortnight ago”. Within 48 hours her lungs had almost collapsed and she was on ventilator. “Vaping is advertised as ‘a healthier alternative to smoking’ which is false,” she writes in the accompanying message.
Sitting in the Oval Office with the government’s top health officials, President Trump acknowledged that there was a vaping problem. 'We can’t allow people to get sick. And we can’t have our kids be so affected,' the paper said. What are the symptoms? There are serious health concerns. “E-cigarettes should never be used by youths, young adults, pregnant women and adults who do not currently use tobacco products,” US health officials have cautioned. A Washington Post report noted how a study claimed that “a single dose of e-cigarettes may be harmful to the body’s blood vessels — even when the vapour is entirely nicotine-free.” Many popular vaping brands are owned by tobacco companies, and they are employing he same tactics as they did with their tobacco products – denial of any hamr being caused and the marketing designed to infer vaping as being a healthy past-time, and the onl effective way of stopping smoking. All such claims are totally false! They need to stem the decrease in their profits from cigarette sales.
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Medical experts across the world now advise that even smokers should think twice about turning to e-cigarettes — and anyone who does not smoke should NOT vape.
The New York Times this week reported that even the Trump administration has said it would ban sale of most flavoured e-cigarettes. This comes at a time when hundreds of people have been sickened by mysterious lung illnesses and teenage vaping continues to rise.