Medical professionals warn tobacco addiction is rising after years of decline and call for reforms on political donations and corporate sponsorships
Doctors and medical professionals warn nicotine addiction is rising and support measures to prevent the tobacco and e-cigarette industry from advertising to young people.Doctors and medical professionals warn nicotine addiction is rising and support measures to prevent the tobacco and e-cigarette industry from advertising to young people.
If the bill amendments pass, updated and improved graphic warnings will be added to tobacco packaging and included on individual cigarettes. The use of specified additives in tobacco products like menthols would also be banned. Wilson said the amendments to the bill should pass urgently, but said a further amendment should be made to ban tobacco and vaping industry donations to political parties and politicians.
“More and more young people are vaping and smoking after a prolonged decline in nicotine product use,” Bonning said. Attitudes and social norms were key factors found to be related to susceptibility. Those who believed e-cigarettes use is OK for people their age and who had at least one family member or close friend who vapes were also at risk.
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