The shape of a manufacturer factory in shenzhen electronic cigarette products similar to that of the true smoke experts point out that the electronic cigarette to quit smoking has no scientific basis, according to current situation of the "3 without" suggested as drug regulatory
Wen Yang cheng evening news reporter wang junwork figure yangcheng evening news reporter wang lei
This year on March 1, shenzhen to launch in the history of the smoke control regulations, as of August 23, shenzhen a total of 4837 individuals for punishment, fines of up to 240000 yuan. Under the "most rein to smoke", some smokers began to switch to tobacco control make does not cover of electronic cigarettes, some smokers quit smoking also hope that through electronic cigarettes to achieve. Electronic cigarette is really so good? Yangcheng evening news reporter to visit the market recently.
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Network sales
Stunt more than to give up smoking
Shenzhen is a leading tobacco control city, is also one of the main production base of electronic cigarettes. Relevant data show that more than 90% of the global electronic cigarettes from shenzhen.
Reporter recently visited the wal-mart, vanguard supermarket stores, as well as some street shop monopoly of alcohol, tobacco, few selling electronic cigarettes, a few businessmen said not even heard of electronic cigarettes. But on the network, the reporter found that electronic cigarettes propaganda is not small. Reporters 22 "electronic cigarettes" as keywords in several search engine search, in many electronic cigarette advertising.
Reporters again with the same keyword search in taobao, also various electronic cigarettes merchants information, according to the different shape, taste, function, price from one hundred yuan to ten thousand yuan. In these businesses, selling electronic cigarette products most main selling point for "health smoking", "night club hipster", "flavors" and so on. It is worth noting that many sellers address indicated in shenzhen. According to the sales volume and qualifying, and six of the top eight merchants are in shenzhen.
Reporter then clicked on one electronic cigarette official flagship store sales ranked first, with respect to its propaganda "quit" effect, the product type "quit smoking trilogy" : namely, adaptation, alternative and destroyed and said "kick the habit can be reduce the dosage of electronic cigarettes after". In view of the present city tobacco control environment, the product according to "let you go to where all popular", does not produce secondary pollution, and unlimited in many public places. Reporter discovery, its product sales is not low, in the buyers comments, also few people give bad review. At first glance, the propaganda of fierce easy to produce the desire to buy.
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Some people say that has no effect
Some say the people
"According to the experience of the foreign tobacco control, electronic cigarettes popular cities are likely to have tobacco control is very strict city." Yang jie, a researcher at the Chinese centers for disease control and prevention, control office, points out that the most strict controls of smoke under the shenzhen, to some extent, effectively reduced the number of smokers in public places, but they would not rule out many from cigarette smokers, switch to electronic cigarettes.
Shenzhen citizen "heavy smoker" wang is more than ten years, this year after the smoke control regulations, started to demand a ban on smoking in indoor places, this lets mr.wang is broken. Recently, Mr. Wang's family heard said electronic cigarettes can help after quitting, a electronic cigarette online shopping came back, hope that through tobacco control "dongfeng" also let Mr. Wang moving away from traditional cigarette. But try after a period of time, wang still feel uncomfortable, "basically no help against smoking, the smoking have to suck."
Citizens zheng thinks, however, whether to quit useful depends on personal: "I search the Internet for information about electronic cigarettes, sellers and I said the electronic and traditional cigarette smoke composition is different, it does not hurt the body, there are different flavors to choose, I see the buyer evaluation also is pretty good. Perhaps can really help my dad distracting, slowly don't have to cigarette smoking." For sellers propaganda, zheng, though not very sure, but she decided to grab a electronic cigarette to my father, try to help him to give up smoking.
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Harmful?
Security, there is no scientific proof
Unlike merchants with "spin" quitting, many domestic tobacco experts put forward their concerns. Yang jie, points out that there is no scientific evidence that can use the electronic cigarette smokers to quit smoking, also did not evaluate the effect of electronic cigarette to quit smoking. Electronic cigarettes as an effective smoking cessation method evidence is limited, can't come to the conclusion at present.
"The use of electronic cigarettes for a large number of smokers is just reduce the use of cigarettes, rather than to give up smoking." Yang jie, ban said the yanju has health benefits, including claims that the electronic cigarette is smoking cessation AIDS. Suggestions on smoking area of the law applies to electronic cigarettes, at the same time to carry out scientific research about whether electronic cigarettes can help to stop smoking.
International union against tuberculosis and lung disease also recently released statement about electronic cigarettes, according to the safety of electronic cigarettes has not yet been fully scientific reasoning, electronic cigarettes can't eliminate the secondhand smoke influence on the health of non-smokers, because the electronic cigarettes will discharge can be inhaled into the interior fluid fine particles and ultrafine particles, nicotine, and carcinogens.
Any regulation?
The market in a state of "3 without"
China tobacco control association, director of the office of Ceng Fanyu pointed out at the same time, China's electronic cigarette market has "3 without", respectively, with no product standards, quality supervision, safety evaluation.
"In view of the main components of the electronic cigarette is nicotine, and nicotine addiction is a highly toxic drugs, suggested by the state food and drug supervision administration regulation according to drug." Ceng Fanyu said, China is already the world electronic cigarette production base, the national health, drug administrative department should specially, setting up a group professional, allocate research grants, scientific evaluation on the safety of electronic cigarettes, and put forward scientific and rational policy.
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Ban sales to minors
Yang jie also pointed out that the proposed banning sales of electronic cigarettes to minors, prohibit minors to use electronic cigarettes, banning the use of network sales of electronic cigarettes. According to statistics, China has more than 300 million people. The teenage smoking was 11.5%, about 14 million teenage smokers, 40 million people tried smoking teenagers.
"Now electronic cigarettes publicity has greater appeal for teenagers, but electronic cigarette teenagers turns the proportion of cigarette smoking, is three times higher than not electronic cigarette." Since 2013 by the state tobacco monopoly administration opposed to electronic cigarettes, new health research center, deputy director of the Wu Yiqun is very worried about the ill effects of electronic cigarettes, Wu Yiqun hope that the security of electronic cigarettes has not been sufficient scientific proof before the government should strengthen the supervision, so as to avoid harm to teenagers. "
What is electronic cigarette?
So-called electronic cigarettes, is an imitation of cigarette electronic products, general oil by lithium battery, atomizer and smoke of three parts, with the same appearance as cigarettes, smoke, taste and feel.
Smoke oil with 1, 2 - propylene glycol with glycerol as the main agent to join the nicotine and other flavoring compositions. Atomizer is used to heat the oil smoke, smoke. Although e-cigarettes invented by the Chinese, but in the domestic market sales, began in the us and Europe market rapid rise in recent years, the global electronic cigarette sales of about $3 billion last year.