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There are a lot of people who smoke e-cigarettes in liquid form, but it appears that a significant number of products that can be purchased online are sold without ingredient labeling, and few places have been tested for toxicity.



Reporter Han Seong-hee covered the story.



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is a liquid product for e-cigarettes sold in online shopping malls.



The product introduction photos do not indicate which ingredients are included.



When I ordered and checked, it was the nicotine ingredient and content label.



Nowadays, synthetic nicotine made from chemicals is mainly used instead of extracting from plant tobacco.



[Mr A/liquid seller: All that comes out these days is synthetic nicotine.

Natural nicotine (derived from plant tobacco) has become very expensive...

.]



If synthetic nicotine is manufactured more than 100 kg per year, it must undergo a hazard assessment.



Only two companies across the country have been screened.



[Representative of liquid e-cigarette companies: If the weight is less than 100 kg, it does not need to undergo a hazard test, so even if it is manufactured more than 100 kg, it is not a problem at all if it is divided into car names.

In the name of family, friends, or such people…

.]



Because it is not tested for toxicity, small and medium-sized manufacturers sometimes increase the nicotine concentration.



If the concentration is more than 1%, it is classified as a toxic substance and is subject to management, but it is an atmosphere that does not care.



[Mr. B/Liquid seller: (If you order, we will send you a bottle of nicotine, which is the undiluted solution).

You can adjust the concentration (as desired).

A lot of nicotine, usually two.]



If the liquid product contains harmful ingredients, the smoker will absorb it through the lungs.



The more harmful ingredients, the more you smoke and the longer you smoke, the more serious it can be.



[Seol-hoon/Member of the Democratic Party of Korea: (Synthetic nicotine) has to be proven to be harmful, but most are sold without proof of harm.

It can cause fatal harm to the human body.]



The Ministry of Health and Welfare has been recommending discontinuing the use of liquid e-cigarettes from three years ago, saying that the toxicity test has not been completed.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Yang Doo-won, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)