In recent years, electronic cigarettes have gradually become popular for young people because of their "cool" appearance, the busy marketing marketing of fashion slogans, and the false propaganda that can be used as a "quit smoking alternative". So, what is electronic cigarette? Is the e -cigarette safe? Below, experts from the Health and Health Education and Propaganda Center of the Hunan Provincial Health and Health Commission will answer.

What is electronic cigarette? A kind of electronic product imitating cigarettes.

Electronic cigarettes are an electronic product that imitates cigarettes and evaporates special solutions for qi fog for users. The solution contains nicotine, also known as electronic nicotine transmission system. It is mainly composed of four parts: tobacco, heating system, power supply and filter.

Is the e -cigarette safe? Not safe.

Electronic cigarettes are usually known to toxic substances such as ethylene glycol, aldehyde, volatile organic compounds (VOC), and metals. The use of electronic cigarettes will affect cardiac and blood pressure, and it will have a negative impact on cardiovascular and lung organs, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and lung disease. It is confirmed that the occurrence of electronic cigarettes and myocardial infarction, asthma, and slow pulmonary blockage are related.

Moreover, most electronic cigarettes contain nicotine. Nicotine is an addiction in tobacco products. In addition to addiction, nicotine can adversely affect fetal development during pregnancy. Although nicotine itself is not carcinogenic, it may play the role of "tumor induction" and may participate in the biological process of malignant diseases and neuroticization.

In addition, electronic cigarettes also have risks such as equipment leakage and child swallowing smoke liquid, and will also cause serious damage caused by fire and explosion.

Is the electronic cigarette safer than traditional cigarettes? it's not true.

There is no sufficient evidence to quantify electronic cigarettes. The harm of toxic substances contained in the air -soluble substances contained in the health of electronic cigarettes is smaller than that of traditional cigarettes. Moreover, the harm to health depends not only on the content of toxic chemicals, but also the method used, such as frequency, product types and production methods, and who is using products. And if you use electronic cigarettes and traditional cigarettes at the same time (in fact, many people are using it double), the harm brings is superimposed.

Is it safe to spit out the second -hand cigarette in sucking the electronic cigarette? Is it safe? no.

Studies have shown that the use of electronic cigarettes will increase the concentration of particles in indoor air. People are exposed to these particles, including small and small particles (may enter alveoli), volatile organic compounds, heavy metals and nicotine, which have been proven and increased hearts. It is related to the risk of lung disease. A systematic study shows that the "steam" generated by electronic cigarettes is possible to endanger the health of the people around them, and the health risks brought by "second -hand smoke" with electronic cigarettes.

Will electronic cigarettes harm to teenagers? Will do!

In fact, children or adolescents use electronic cigarettes to bring great risks. Nicotine is a highly addicted substance. The brain of adolescents will develop to 20 years old, and the use of nicotine will cause long -term adverse consequences to the brain development of young people, can lead to learning disorders and anxiety disorders, etc., and will also cause addiction to nicotine.

The various flavors of electronic cigarettes are also very attractive to teenagers. At present, there are about 16,000 flavors of electronic cigarette products on the global market, including fruit flavors, candy flavors, various dessert flavors, and so on. Most adolescents who use electronic cigarettes admit that they use electronic cigarettes because they like one of them.

Electronic cigarettes may become a way for teenagers to start smoking cigarettes ("portal effects"). A global system survey shows that children and adolescents who use electronic cigarettes under 20 years of age, the possibility of sucking cigarettes in the future is more than twice the teenagers that are not used in both. Therefore, strong regulatory measures must be taken to prohibit young people from contacting the use of electronic cigarettes, prohibit or restrict the use of attractive tastes to minors, and prohibit or restrict e -cigarette advertising, promotion and sponsorship.

Can electronic cigarettes be used to quit smoking? There is no sufficient evidence to prove that electronic cigarettes can be used as smoking cessation tools.

No exact evidence indicates that electronic cigarette products can effectively quit smoking. Moreover, the definition of electronic smoke quitting smoking is also controversial. If you quit smoking only to quit tobacco products, in other words, smokers may use traditional cigarettes to use e -cigarettes containing nicotine, because long -term use of electronic cigarettes may increase health risks. So using electronic cigarettes from traditional cigarettes, it cannot completely protect people's health.

Can the e -cigarettes excluding nicotine be counted as ordinary products? no.

Even the electronic cigarettes that claim that they do not contain nicotine, many of them are detected still have nicotine and other harmful ingredients.

Given that the method of use is very similar to the electronic cigarettes containing nicotine, it often has the taste that can attract teenagers and increases the risk of health. Therefore, it should be equivalent to the same as nicotine electronic cigarettes. Is there a supervision of electronic cigarette products in my country? Have.

In August 2018, the State Administration of Market Supervision and Management and the State Tobacco Monopoly Agency issued the "Notice on the Prohibition of Selling Electronic Smoking to Minors", requiring various market entities to not sell electronic cigarettes to minors, and they must not release them on the Internet. Electronic cigarette advertisements and sales of electronic cigarettes. The State Tobacco Monopoly Agency released the "Administrative Measures for Electronic Cigarettes" in March 2022. It officially incorporated the production and sales of electronic cigarettes into the scope of tobacco products, and clarified the publicity and education of the country and society to strengthen electronic cigarettes. Smoke, forbid elementary and middle school students to suck electronic cigarettes. The National Standardization Management Committee of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration also approved the release of the "Electronic Cigarette" for mandatory national standards in April 2022, and made detailed standards for the taste, safety and minor protection of electronic cigarettes.