According to the new consumer report of Blue Cave, on December 16th, Truth Initiative, the truth of the American anti -tobacco organization, said on the official website that disposable electronic cigarettes -the types of electronic cigarettes most popular now -not only with candy, desserts, fruit flavors Attract young people to use nicotine. Disposable plastic equipment containing lithium batteries and heavy metals will also produce a large amount of toxic and harmful waste.

A new Truth Initiative survey of 15-24 people found that two-thirds (68%) disposable electronic cigarette users threw empty disposable electronic cigarettes into the trash can, and 13% of them threw them. Enter the conventional recycling box, 9% throw them on the ground, and 8% of them send them to electronic recycling facilities. At present, 19% of electronic cigarette users throw 5 or more electronic cigarettes into the trash can each month. The empty disposable electronic cigarettes accumulate like mountains, which has led to the increasingly serious global electronic waste.

Truth Initiative's report in 2021 "has toxic plastic problems: electronic smoke waste and environment" for the first time emphasized the harm of electronic cigarettes to the environment. Falling-the smoke bomb or empty disposable supplies in the trash can.

Now, new data shows that as one sexual supplies are becoming more and more popular, the situation becomes worse. At the same time, manufacturers have almost no security disposal guide for electronic cigarettes and their components.

With the taste of cheese cakes, bubble sugar, and strawberry ice cream, disposable electronic cigarettes such as PUFF BAR and ELF BAR obtained the popularity of cigarettes in the market after the policy exemption of the US Food and Drug Administration. Therefore, between 2019 and 2020, high school electronic cigarette users have increased by more than 1,000% of the number of disposable electronic cigarettes.

These products have not faced major supervision because they have not been illegally put into the market because they have not been illegally put into markets because they have not undergone the necessary FDA censorship procedures. In 2022, the use of disposable electronic cigarettes is more popular than ever, and disposable electronic cigarettes account for nearly 50%of the US electronic cigarette market share.

The development of electronic cigarette products is so fast that it is difficult to keep up with the guidelines and information of electronic smoke waste in a responsible manner. At the same time, electronic cigarette companies failed to inform consumers how to handle products safely and environmentally friendly. If a user with environmental awareness tries to handle disposable electronic cigarettes responsibly, they will encounter obstacles.

Electronic cigarette companies do not provide users with a clear explanation of how to deal with electronic cigarettes. Vuse recommends that consumers do not handle their power devices with garbage, and contact local waste management officials to obtain more information about how to process batteries, and the most popular disposable electronic cigarette brand Puff Bar Any guidance.

There is no recycling plan for disposable electronic cigarettes in the United States. The safety disposal guidelines for electronic cigarettes and components have almost no existence. Waste management and recycling facilities do not have the ability to deal with toxic electronic smoke and waste -especially one -time equipment that is difficult to separate.

The federal guidelines for the disposal of electronic cigarettes are limited and are suitable for charging equipment with detachable components. FDA recommends that users should not throw electronic cigarette equipment, electronic smoke liquid waste or smoke bombs into the trash can, and said that the electronic smoke waste should be sent to the hazardous waste treatment facilities, and the dismantled battery should be sent to the certified battery electron recychers Essence This guide is not suitable for disposable equipment: it is dangerous to remove electronic liquid waste and lithium batteries from disposable equipment, because piercing batteries can easily cause chemical fires and electronic liquid will pollute the environment.

Like cigarettes, scattered electronic cigarettes are the main sources of environmental pollution. We have explained it in detail in the environmental manual tobacco and the environment. Disposable electronic cigarettes include a variety of wastes: dangerous wastes produced by residual Ninicodin, heavy metals, lithium batteries, residual electronic e -oil, and plastic waste produced by non -decomposed shells and packaging materials. When throwing garbage, this toxic chemical and plastic electronic tobacco waste will degrade and infiltrate the environment, polluting ecosystems and wild animals. Disposable Vape electronic garbage can be swallowed by animals and causes suffocation risks to children.

Disposable electronic cigarettes also have fire hazards, especially when throwing into a trash can or ordinary recycling box. If it is accidentally turned on or crushed in the garbage pressure machine, the lithium battery may explode or fire in the recycling box, garbage truck or garbage processing plant. According to a report from the US Fire Department in 2017, nearly 200 electronic cigarette explosions and fires were recorded from 2009 to 2016, causing 133 people to be seriously injured.

The level of one -time electronic cigarettes of the record, coupled with the lack of clear disposal guidelines for electronic cigarette manufacturers, and incomplete recycling facilities for handling electronic smoke waste, laying the foundation for serious environmental consequences. Most disposable electronic cigarettes are illegally listed, and environmental problems are only another reason for FDA to quickly adopt action review and law enforcement all electronic cigarette products. At the same time, we need to be responsible for the safety and environmental protection of these products.

In order to reduce the harm of the future and prevent the continuous impact of electronic smoke and waste on the environment, public health leaders, federal regulatory agencies and tobacco industries must take urgent need, including:

Develop a federal regulatory guide. FDA or EPA should require electronic cigarette manufacturers to formulate a safe and environmentally friendly standard electronic smoke waste management process and cleanup plan, and punish the industry's violations.

Disposal electronic cigarettes are prohibited in local and state -level first -level sales. Some places have already done this, including Montere, Monterer County and San Benito County in California.

Electronic cigarette manufacturers are required to bear financial and legal responsibility for electronic smoke waste. Failure to provide consumers with a clear treatment guide and fail to educate consumers to educate consumers for the environmental consequences of non -biodegradable products.

Educational electronic cigarette users' influence on the environment on the environment on the environment. Some electronic cigarette users will regularly recover disposable electronic cigarettes, which shows that they think their electronic cigarettes are being recycled, which may cause them to underestimate their products on the environment on the environment.

Encourage electronic cigarette users to quit smoking. This is quiting -Truth Initiative's first project to help young people quit smoking -has helped more than 500,000 young people and young people quit smoking.