the Expert commented on ANO “National priorities” the decision to extend the anti-Smoking law on all nikotinsoderzhaschie products. Now the sale of wapow, electronic cigarettes and hookahs will be banned from minors. And using them will act the same restrictions, as in the case of Smoking cigarettes. The bill passed by the state Duma in the third final reading.
“of Course, the adoption of this bill will be a big step forward towards a healthy society, which is one of the tasks of the national projects “Demography” and “Health”, – said Galina Sakharov, one of the developers of clinical guidelines for doctors for the treatment of nicotine addiction and withdrawal symptoms in tobacco.
In Russia the most active consumers of e-cigarettes is adolescents up to 18 years, which the body physiologically is still developing.
“Disturbing, is that at this age teenagers try all available types and nikotinsoderzhaschie tobacco products, which significantly increases the risks of developing serious diseases. The victims also become the older people, are exposed to advertising of electronic cigarettes, as a means of quitting tobacco, begin to use them, but are consumers as tobacco and electronic cigarettes,” – said Sakharov.
According to the expert, serious harm to the body also causes Smoking hookah. “Hookah smoke as well as cigarette smoke, leads to the development of serious diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular and lung disease, said Sakharov. – With wide open active consumers of hookah hookahs were women. According to the poll conducted by our Institute, 40 percent of women who smoke and use the Bong. While 30 percent is used only hookah. This is due to the fact that they believe hookah Smoking is safe. Deceptive advertising of Shisha, a safe product, leads to increase of its popularity. As a result, the consumer, without knowing it, causing serious damage to your body.”
Doctors in different countries of the world say that any electronic cigarette as a means of nicotine delivery (wapi) and the means of heating tobacco is dangerous for health. The center for disease control USA (СDC) officially named a new disease, marked by abbreviation EVALI (e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury is a lung disease triggered by an electronic cigarette or vaping). Manifestations of the disease are similar to symptoms of pneumonia, bronchial asthma trigger, but its occurrence is only the use of electronic cigarettes. To date with new disease in the world is connected for about 1.5 million deaths people aged 18 to 70 years.
In ANO “National priorities” to emphasize that the development of regulatory frameworks and regulations that promote the conduct of citizens of a healthy lifestyle, including, and legal restrictions that protect from tobacco smoke and consequences of tobacco use, and now all of Smoking products is an important part of the Federal project “Strengthening public health” national project “Demography”.
