On November 1st, the 7th "Mois Sans Tabac" event launched by the French Office of Public Health (SPF) was officially launched. As of the evening of November 1st, more than 130,000 French smokers registered on the official website of the "Smoke -free Month" and participated in a 30 -day challenge. The Department of Health also posted a promotion video on Twitter, calling on young people to refuse cigarettes. According to the survey, 200,000 young people in France joined the smoke team every year, mainly for middle school students who "follow the trend and not outdated". Recently, the "PUFF" fruit disposable electronic cigarettes that have become popular on social platforms such as TIKTOK have attracted more minors. The Anti -Tobacco Association and experts call on the health authorities to be alert to this product that is turning young French people into "new generation of smokers."

01 "Smokeless Month": The power of 30 days of smoking cessation increases 5 times

Agence France -Presse reported that since 2016, the French health authorities will hold a "smoke -free month" event in November each year with reference to a similar project in Britain. Participants registered on the official website can get a "tool package" for special counseling and 40 -day treatment; in addition to the community platform of the official website, you can also share your experience and encouragement on Facebook and Instagram's official account.

The Department of Health believes that such collective activities can make smoking quitters "no longer lonely", which is more confident to persist. At the same time, "successful for 30 consecutive days without smoking can increase the opportunity to completely relieve smoking addiction."

In the early years, the "Smoke Way Month" event had a good response, but the appeal in recent years has gradually declined. In 2019, more than 200,000 people participated, 125,000 in 2020, and only about 110,000 in 2021. In addition to the fact that the activity form has not been innovative for many years, and the attractiveness has weakened, the Department of Health also speculated that the promotion of the event may be covered up by a large amount of health information during the epidemic.

2002 200,000 young people join the team of smokers per year

Franceinfo reports that the latest data from the Public Health Department shows that thanks to national anti -smoking measures, the French smoking rate has continued to decline in recent years. But at the same time, about 75,000 people die from tobacco -related diseases every year in France; smoking is still the first cause of death. In 2020, 31.8%of adults aged 18-75 smoke, and 25.5%of them sucked every day.

What is even more worrying is that, according to the investigation of French Drugs and Disputes Institute (OFDT), about 200,000 young people joined the team of smokers every year; they have been exposed to tobacco from the age of 13 and 14.

Bernard Basset, chairman of the Public Health Expert and the Chairman of the French Association, explained that smoking addiction is the most difficult to quit, and the lighter the age, the more likely the risk of addiction, and the risk of deep smoke addiction. But the problem is, "60%of tobacco shops will sell cigarettes to minors," he said.

OFDT survey found that 53%of high school students (2018) smoked smoke; 6 of the 17 -year -olds were smoked every 10 people; as many as a quarter of them smoked (25.1 every day (25.1 %). At this age, the proportion of girls who are addicted to smoking addiction also reached 1/4.

Most young people were holding the mentality of "taste" at the beginning, but the survey found that at least two people who have tried every three people will become long -term smokers.

What exactly is attractive to teenagers to pick up cigarettes? A few days ago, Franceinfo interviewed some young people on the streets of Paris.

The 16 -year -old Lilian started smoking a month ago. The friends around him smoked. "When a night party, he naturally sucked it on."

The same 16 -year -old Paul is also influenced by the people around him. Harm healthy, "but bring me social health."

HUGO is "inspired" by the film characters, and "swallowed the clouds and fog".

In Paul and Hugo's high school, cigarettes are common. They said that as of the last year of junior high school (3ème), they did not see that a classmate smoked, but when he rose to high school, "BAM! Everyone smoked all at once! (Set up) The world of a smoker. "

The 16 -year -old girl Capucine and Alexandra "tried it" a few months ago, and never thought of being addicted. Now, they "feel wrong, just smoke the smoke."

The 18 -year -old Victoria smoking history has been 3 years. She picked up her first cigarette at the age of 15. After a year and a half, she couldn't leave her hand. "Many people around you suck, there is a trendy effect." Victoria who sucks hands does not feel "old soil".

03 Fruits Electronic Cigarettes swept French experts: Be wary to develop a new generation of smokers

Marshmallow, iced watermelon, blueberry, strawberry flavor ... a disposable electronic cigarette "PUFF" with colorful color packaging, a variety of fresh flavors, and seemingly gum sticks is attracting more and more young people. This product comes from the United States. Some Internet celebrities advertise for it on social networks such as TIKTOK, making it more popular among young people.

But this product worrys about doctors and government health departments because it may have the risk of smoking addiction in minors. In view of the rapid development of the electronic cigarette in the French market, the French departments discussed their security at the annual conference of the Tobacco Merchants Federation held by the French departments at the end of October.

Although it is clearly stipulated that such products are prohibited to minors under the age of 18, in fact, it is easy for young people to buy fructic electronic cigarettes.

A teenage young man said that at the beginning, he smoked fruit incense electronic cigarettes to "quit smoking", but "more people started smoking from it." Because fructic electronic cigarettes contain nicotine, it would also make people "want to stop. "". A 14 -year -old girl who had never smoked before acknowledged that Tiktok's fruity electronic cigarette sales video "changed her".

"It smells super fragrant, super fragrant!" A young man repeated in a video that the number of views of this video exceeded 200,000 times.

"Obviously, the goal of fructic electronic cigarette manufacturers is young people," Professor Yves Martinet chairman of the National Tobacco Control Commission (CNCT) condemned that supermarkets, department stores, and electronic cigarettes were all sold. The number one sales brand has a special stall; it is easy to buy on the Internet.

In Cyril's store, fructic electronic cigarette accounts for 50%of the sales of electronic cigarettes. In the annual sales of 3.6 billion euros of euro cigarettes, fructic electronic cigarettes contributed 140 million euros.

Dr. Loïc Josserand, Chairman of the Anti-Tobacco Alliance Alliance Alliance, told Franceinfo that tobacco vendors used this kind of mini-e-cigarette that looked at the "cute", and was turning children aged 11-12 into "the next generation of smokers."

He said that the appearance, packaging, and taste of fructic e -cigarettes ... "Everything is to please young people", and tobacco vendors even said nothing, that is, "let young people get used to smoking, used to the taste of Nicotine" Essence On the young people's favorite Tiktok, the Internet celebrities showed all kinds of fructic electronic cigarettes while showing "too fun, I never smoked, and now I started to like fructic electronic cigarettes."

Losc Jossend explained that although the nicotine content of fructic e -cigarettes is only 1.9%, it cannot be forgotten, "this is a group of children only 11 or 12 years old", they will soon become addicted.

He said that when people talked about the "Generation Sans Tabac" in 2030, they were also creating a new generation of smokers who were already addicted to the age of 12 or 13. "Don't think about it, tobacco dealers have won," he said.