Electronic cigarettes are good for quitting smoking, but many people suck electronic cigarettes to quit smoking.

According to British news, some public health experts and doctors in New Zealand propose to include electronic smoke into prescription drugs, or only sold in pharmacies as simply smoking cessation tools. Relevant personnel said that the move was due to the rapid increase in electronic cigarettes.

The latest data show that the long -term smokers in New Zealand fell to 8%, but electronic cigarettes became more and more popular. Adults who suck electronic cigarettes every day rose from 6.2%last year to 8.3%. The situation of adolescents is even more worrying. Among the young people around the age of 14, the electronic cigarettes rose from 3.1 in 2019 to 9.6 in 2021, which was tripled.

In 2021, Australia has included electronic cigarettes in the list of prescriptions, and some doctors in New Zealand are trying to follow suit.

Byran Betty, director of the Royal University of New Zealand, said that the school is calling for the sale of electronic cigarettes to restrict the sale of electronic cigarettes in pharmacies and hospitals. Betty emphasized that electronic cigarettes are useful for quitting smoking, but many people suck electronic cigarettes to quit smoking. In a survey of high school students, 30%of electronic cigarette users have never sucked the cigarettes.

The nicotine in the e -cigarettes is very high, highly addictive, and harmful to health. The disadvantages of long -term admission to electronic cigarettes are not yet clear, and may not know in ten years and twenty years. There are a large number of potential risks that have not been identified. Early studies have pointed out that eating electronic cigarettes may increase the probability of young people suffering from thrombosis, cause respiratory problems, and cause severe lung damage.

Researcher Kelly Burrowes, a researcher at the University of Oakland, proposed that in addition to being included in the prescription, it should also reduce the age restrictions of electronic smoke and improve the age restrictions of the use of electronic cigarettes. She said that although it is unclear, the long -term impact of electronic cigarettes, but its harmful health is beyond doubt that it should try to avoid non -smokers from using electronic cigarettes.

Former Public Health Director of New Zealand's Ministry of Health, Collin Tukuitonga, said that if the usage rate of adolescent electronic cigarettes increases again, more stringent restrictions may be taken, including blocking other sales channels, and only selling other sales channels in pharmacies. e-cigarette.

New Zealand government departments are also discussing strengthening electronic cigarette pipe control. Ayesha Verrall, deputy minister of health, said that "the ratio of electronic smoke in adolescents is too high."

But government plans are not non -civil aggressive. Compared to the management of electronic cigarettes in prescription drug management, the government is more inclined to limit the scope of electronic cigarette sale, reduce the content of e -cigarette nicotine, and redo the electronic cigarette packaging.

Professor Friman at the University of Sydney commented on the matter, "Electronic cigarettes are included in prescription drugs to reduce law enforcement difficulties and ensure that electronic cigarettes are in the hands of those who need it."