<Anchor>

Let's start Monday's friendly economy. Reporter Kwon Ae-ri. Kwon, what's new this week?

<Reporter>

Yes. First of all, I have some news for smokers. I don't recommend it if you think of health, but there are a lot of people who stop by the convenience store to get cigarettes on their commute on Monday morning.

People who used liquid e-cigarettes that smelled cigarettes as well as other scents like fruit will not be available at the convenience store this morning (28th) or they will hear "I won't come in after selling this."

Exactly three products of the brand 'Jul' and 'Sidtundra' of KT & G, as you can see, four things disappear from the stand.

Seventy percent of domestic cigarettes are sold in convenience stores, and five chains, which account for more than 90 percent of the total, including the top four in the convenience store industry, have declared that they will not sell these products until yesterday.

Other liquid e-cigarettes remain in place, including other products from Jool, which are the most discontinued at this time.

And among the e-cigarettes, the cigarette type, and the cigarette type that much more people use, are the same.

<Anchor>

Are these products more dangerous than other e-cigarettes or cigarettes?

<Reporter>

It is not. To be precise, the problem is not entirely clear, so please stop using it.

Recently, people who used liquid e-cigarettes in the United States died of severe damage or severe death in a relatively short period of time.

So, in the United States, most of this happened with products containing hemp-derived ingredients.

Products containing these ingredients do not enter our country.

By the way, about 10% of people have used ordinary products that don't have such ingredients.

So I don't know exactly how that's causing the problem yet. The United States has recommended refraining from using liquid tobacco until the exact findings are available.

In particular, the sale of products with added scents was banned. Many countries are taking similar steps.

Our government officially issued a strong recommendation last week to stop using liquid tobacco, and said it will conduct a risk investigation and release the results by the first half of next year.

On the other hand, most of the convenience store industry decided to cooperate with government guidelines on flavored liquid tobacco.

<Anchor>

I don't sell any added incense, I think that's what you've been saying, and you've prepared one more health news about health. Some MRIs will be cheaper this week?

<Reporter>

Yes. This is from Friday, November 1st. The abdomen and the chest, the liver, the heart, the pancreas and the bile. For MRI tests that want to see this, the cost of testing has been greatly reduced.

If you have something to check, I hope you know. Until now, only people with serious illnesses, such as cancer, have been covered by MRI when they have MRI on their stomachs and chests.

However, starting this Friday, you can get health care coverage if you have other illnesses in these areas, or if your doctor thinks you need an MRI diagnosis, even if you are not seriously ill.

The cost of inspection will drop to about one third of the level so far. Health coverage continues to expand.

The government plans to continue to expand the coverage of MRI inspections until next year.

<Anchor>

There are some announcements about macroeconomics this week, right?

<Reporter>

Yes. There are some big announcements this week that will help us assess our economic situation.

In particular, one of the most worrying things about our economy these days is whether or not it is entering a long-term decline in prices caused by lower consumption, or deflation.

The consumer price for October comes out this Friday, and it's going to be a little clearer than last month to see what we really are.

Consumer prices hit negative for the first time since the tally in September. This was because last year's weather caused the food prices to soar, but in fact the prices were quite low, except for things like seasonal foods.

But if this condition continues this month, it will be a little more worrying. And on Thursday, the US decides on their base rate.

There are many people who are nervous because of various variables of our economy. Let's take a look as it comes out.