A revealing the popularity of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine vapor without other harmful chemicals, arrived late last year, the editors of the Oxford dictionaries said "vape" their word of the year for 2014.
Today, e- cigarettes got another notification type: Two of the largest groups of scientists and cancer treatment in the United States has asked the government to begin regulating "electronic nicotine delivery systems" and more research on the effects on the vaping health.
"While electronic cigarettes can reduce smoking rates and adverse health risks with it, we will not know for sure until these products are researched and regulated," said Paul said Peter Yu, president of the 35,000-member American Society of Clinical Oncology, in a statement. "We are concerned that electronic cigarettes may encourage non-smokers, especially children, from starting to smoke and develop nicotine dependence." His group was joined by the American Association for Cancer Research, which has more 33,000 members.
the joint statement approved the urgent need for further research on the health effects of e-cigarettes and using tobacco tax revenue to help finance studies. It also included a long list of actions recommended by the provincial and federal government agencies. They include requiring electronic cigarette manufacturers to register their products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to identify chemicals and nicotine levels in various brands, and agree to help stop teenagers vaping.
in April 2014, the FDA issued a proposal to start regulating electronic cigarettes. The proposal would require FDA reviews of products e-cigarette and the leaders of force to stop an application for health benefits until the science is. The rule would also prohibit the distribution of free samples of e-cigarettes and sales of vending machines. Health warnings are required. FDA has not finalized the rules, however, and researchers and health professionals say they hope today's statement will highlight the need to move quickly.
"As someone who runs a treatment program for tobacco addicts, I would be able to approve the use of e-cigarettes as an alternative," said Michael Steinberg of the medical school Robert Wood Johnson at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. "But I can not do that because we do not know the risks involved, and we can not be sure that the transition to e-cigarettes really help people to stop smoking." Steinberg says he could reveal that smokers who start vaping tend to end up with two e-cigarettes and that flammable or nicotine product via e-cigarettes is toxic unexpectedly.
Some researchers fear that new rules do not go far enough, soon enough. neither the FDA's proposal or calls for a joint declaration today for a ban on television advertising by responsible e-cigarette, for example, says Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and education at the University of California, San Francisco. (Glantz, a frequent critic of the health claims made by electronic cigarette manufacturers, said he supports such a ban.) There also no e-cigarette regulation mention "flavors" such as menthol or fruity flavors, which were banned after they were linked to higher smoking rates among teens cigarettes.
Glantz also concerned that it could be years before the full FDA regulates devices. "It is a political and legal process particularly tortuous at the federal level," he said. The regulations may be easier to finalize at national and local level, he added, noting that several states and cities have already imposed restrictions. "I would look for progress at the local level," says Glantz. "I think in this case, the most important changes will begin at the bottom, not the top."
In the meantime, e-cigarettes are becoming more common. Small appliances, battery-powered first became readily available in the US in 06, sales increased to about $ 2 billion in 2014 alone. bars "vaping" where people talk of "vapers rights" arise in cities. Movie stars have announced their skills vaping on late into the television talk shows night.
last December, a survey released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that 17% of high school seniors said they would vaped at least once a month, against 14% percent who admitted to smoking. Vaping among the 10 students, 16%, was more than twice the rate of smoking. tobacco control advocates found these alarming reports, arguing that vaping could become a "habit gateway" that could attract non-smokers to cigarette consumption.
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