Australian Council on Smoking and Health calls for ban on sale and promotion of e-cigarettes following most comprehensive study yet
The sale and promotion of e-cigarettes to young people must be banned by governments, the Australian Council onThe review, led by researchers from the Australian National University Centre for Epidemiology and Population, found there was conclusive evidence that e-cigarettes caused poisoning, injuries, burns and immediate toxicity through inhalation, including seizures. Their use also led to addiction.
The review found there was strong evidence that e-cigarettes increased tobacco smoking uptake in non-smokers, particularly young people, while there was limited evidence that nicotineThe 430-page review was led by the epidemiologist and public health physician Prof Emily Banks. The researchers were especially interested in whether nicotine and non-nicotine vaping products led to dependence, cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease, oral diseases, reproductive outcomes, injuries and poisonings, mental health conditions, and environmental hazards with human health implications.
Despite this, there were “myths” around e-cigarettes depicted in advertising and promotion of the products targeting young people, she said, including “the false ideas that vapes wouldn’t be widely available if they were dangerous and ‘it’s just water vapour’”.
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