Glamorizing cigarette smoking or saving lives? E-cigarette may seem less toxic but it is just like instead of having full cream milk chocolate that would make you fat in a week, you have low-fat milk chocolate. Consumption increases during Ramadan due to its widespread availability.
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He added, “The data on reducing teen smoking in the towns that started this are amazing- teen smoking reduction by 50% in Needham and Arlington in two years – mainly because no one of high school age can buy cigarettes”.
Since the harmful affects of E-cigarettes came to light, smoking has been at the center of debate all around.
More people are now aware about the dangers that smoking poses to their health and that this habit is no longer regarded as “cool” but offensive. “The risk is that smokers who could potentially use these an an alternative to smoking are being discouraged, and that’s not a good thing,” she argues. “The perception of smoking is changing in the population, and smokers are feeling that influence”.
If urgent action is not taken, WHO says the annual death toll could rise to more than 8 million by 2030. Worse, he says, they are being used by the industry “as a trojan horse to get inside ministries of health”. The prevalence of smoking in Saudi Arabia is said to reach up to 52.3 percent of the population.
Amos is a researcher at the Center for Population Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
Knowing the risks may help stem the rise in use of e-cigarettes and marijuana, the authors said. However, the common assumption that it is less unsafe to health is not supported by any scientific data.
A recent review of 76 e-cig studies published the American Journal of Preventive Medicine concluded that most studies were too biased by “severe conflict of interest”, contradictory results, and no long-term follow-up.
According to a new study, the decline in the trend has been attributed to various anti-tobacco campaigns, which warned the public against the dangers of smoking over the years.
Gornall describes how, in 2014, the tension “boiled over into a pitched battle of words” in the run up to the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
The groups interviewed generally considered e-cigarettes as distinct in comparison to other products that replaced nicotine to help smokers quit the addiction. For the smokers who are trying to quit, they really shouldn’t get addicted to another toxic item in the process of quitting – even if it is comparatively less. Participants admitted that all of them already tried e-cigarettes for once.
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Most people were not clear about the correct way of using e-cigarettes or the goal behind them. However it must be noted that e-cigarettes still contained nicotine which is addictive and harmful for health. However, health authorities – particularly those in the Gulf Cooperation Council – are reportedly looking at reviewing this ban in the near future.
