WHO rejects electronic cigarettes: "Undoubtedly harmful"

2019-08-24T09:13:54.996Z

Electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and must be regulated: this is stated by the World Health Organization which has warned smokers who resort to it to stop smoking. In a global report on smoking, the WHO explained that even if the nicotine content is lower and the tar and the many toxic gases contained in pipe smoke, cigars and cigarettes are avoided, the 'e-cig' pose risks for Health". The WHO intervention comes after the concerns expressed by many governments for the new form of addiction that is creating the electronic cigarette. "Although the level of risk has not yet been definitively estimated," the WHO statement reads, electronic cigarettes are undoubtedly harmful and should therefore be regulated. "There is also insufficient evidence to prove that they help smokers who want to quit, also because "most use them in parallel with traditional cigarettes". Furthermore, "the disinformation" of the tobacco companies on the "e-cig" is defined as "a present and real threat". however, an increase in services for those who intend to stop smoking is requested, noting that it has the possibility to access it "only 30% of the world population". Without help, only 4% of attempts to quit smoking are successful. Every year, eight million people die from smoking, including passive people, with one billion 400 million smokers in the world, mostly men.