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Vaping as a Fashion Trend: Keep Teens Away from the Wrong Path

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Many young people try vaping for fashion, curiosity, or quitting smoking, but concerns remain over misleading health claims and the risk of steering teens toward nicotine use.

Many young people pursue fashion and believe that e-cigarettes are not harmful to the body, even using them with the intention of quitting smoking. So, are e-cigarettes really as healthy as advertised for quitting smoking?

E-cigarettes have become a fashion trend; let’s not lead teenagers down the wrong path!

During interviews, reporters found that the most common type of e-cigarette on the market is the oil-based e-cigarette, which consists of a battery, a heating vaporization device, and a tube filled with e-liquid. It vaporizes e-liquid containing nicotine, propylene glycol, glycerin, and flavorings into vapor, simulating the smoke produced when smoking, allowing users to inhale it.

E-cigarettes have become a fashion trend; let’s not lead teenagers down the wrong path!

Industry insiders tell reporters that besides appealing flavors and colorful appearances, the realistic sensation of exhaling vapor is also a reason many people enjoy e-cigarettes. However, these vapors contain carcinogens such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde.

E-cigarettes have become a fashion trend; let’s not lead teenagers down the wrong path!

Zheng Rong, Director of the WHO Tobacco Control and Economic Policy Collaboration Center: Many e-cigarettes have a high nicotine content, even higher than traditional cigarettes, making them highly addictive. The WHO has clearly stated that it does not recommend using e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation product.

E-cigarettes have become a fashion trend; let’s not lead teenagers down the wrong path!

The main component of e-cigarettes is nicotine (commonly known as “tobacco alkaloid”). In China, nicotine is listed in the “Directory of Highly Toxic Chemicals.” Although nicotine itself is not carcinogenic, it may act as a “tumor promoter” and could be involved in the biological processes of malignant diseases and neurodegeneration.

E-cigarettes have become a fashion trend; let’s not lead teenagers down the wrong path!

Zheng Rong, Director of the WHO Tobacco Control and Economic Policy Collaboration Center: Its harmfulness is much stronger than what is labeled; this phenomenon is very common. E-cigarettes are not classified as tobacco products, so there is no clear regulatory authority.

E-cigarettes have become a fashion trend; let’s not lead teenagers down the wrong path!

According to investigations, although the National Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Administration for Market Regulation have announced a ban on selling e-cigarettes to minors, most online and store sales do not verify the buyer's age, making it difficult to eliminate the phenomenon of selling to teenagers.

E-cigarettes have become a fashion trend; let’s not lead teenagers down the wrong path!

Currently, some regions in China have intensified efforts to crack down on the sale of e-cigarettes near middle schools and universities, but further strengthening of market regulation on e-cigarette products is needed, including online regulation. Any organization or individual should discourage and stop the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.

Increase regulatory efforts to stay away from e-cigarettes

To further protect minors in China from the harm of e-cigarettes, the National Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a notice on the 1st of this month, stating that e-cigarettes must not be sold to minors, must not be sold online, and must not advertise e-cigarettes online. The state is increasing regulatory efforts, and young people themselves should also understand the dangers of e-cigarettes and stay away from them.

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