[RIO DE JANEIRO] Electronic cigarettes are 'undoubtedly harmful' and should be regulated, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday as it warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their deadly habit. Read more at The Business Times.
Electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated, the World Health Organization said Friday as it warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their deadly habit.[RIO DE JANEIRO] Electronic cigarettes are"undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated, the World Health Organization said Friday as it warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their deadly habit.
"Although the specific level of risk associated with ENDS has not yet been conclusively estimated, ENDS are undoubtedly harmful and should therefore be subject to regulation," the WHO said in a new report on the global smoking epidemic.There was also"insufficient evidence" to support claims of their effectiveness in assisting smokers trying to quit conventional cigarettes, it said.
But the WHO warned misinformation spread by the tobacco industry about e-cigarettes was"a present and real threat". Restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes around the world is increasing. San Francisco last month banned the sale and manufacture of the products.
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