In late October, US health officials reported 34 deaths, and 1,604 confirmed and probable cases of a mysterious respiratory disease, linked to electronic smoking.
One week later, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,479 cases and 33 deaths from the disease itself, and the centers immediately announced plans to start screening e-smoking products as part of their investigation.
Initial results indicate that the oils used in electronic smoking contain the substance "HC", which is responsible for the psychological impact of narcotic marijuana, and it poses a threat to health. This causes us to raise the highest levels of warning, and even makes us very worried about the spread The phenomenon of electronic smoking, not only among young people, but between different age groups, male and female, unfortunately!
E-smoking is very dangerous as it has been proven, but the greatest danger lies in the ease of obtaining electronic cigarettes, and the difficulty of controlling its entry into the state, as it is currently arriving with a push of a button through electronic shopping, and from well-known international sites, and the issue only takes a few days, to touch an employee Delivery is at the door of the house, and the package is delivered to the person who requested it, regardless of the age criteria and conditions applied in the country, which means that it is possible to reach young children and children, but it is very easy!
This is not a fantasy of an expected scenario, but rather a reality that actually happened, and e-cigarettes were actually found in possession of young children in primary schools, and curiosity makes the numbers of their users increase, and there are those who are trying to promote them strongly among students of middle and high school students, as they are only cigarettes in the first stage, And then to mix it with narcotic substances in the second stage, so that the parents would be surprised after the existence of an addicted son or daughter in their house, and this is indeed a great disaster!
Many criminals, drug traffickers constantly reconsider and diversify their methods, and young age groups are often the target, the victim, the means of spreading the pest among its colleagues, and the addiction process begins from a small movement, with the goal of imitation or experience. Do we feel the danger, and we tighten our supervision of our children, young people, and our sons and daughters, at home, at school, at Al Fareej, and everywhere ?! They are our most valuable asset, and they are the biggest that we will lose.
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