Health electronic cigarette bans in schools, hospitals and transport

The aromatic steam consumption has grown in recent months as the foam. The phenomenon has spread throughout Europe and into Basque has taken off this year. Yet amid this growing consumption , the Ministry of Health and the autonomous communities decided yesterday to ban electronic cigarettes in health centers , educational and children's areas , on public transport and in the field of public administration, especially in offices to the public .

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In last year Interregional Council , the regional directors and the Minister Ana Mato also decided to raise the parliamentary groups extending the ban to all indoor public places, as now happens with snuff products , according to the Snuff current Act . Not surprisingly , experts had warned of its dangers. Thus Ayesa Javier , president of the society of specialists against smoking , said " are less toxic than cigarettes, but they are not safe ."

Medical experts claim their regulation and believe it is a product that should be included in the smoking ban
The Minister of Health said it will ask the groups that include a ban on electronic cigarettes on school , health centers and public transport in some of the standards that are now in process for it to enter into force in January. He indicated that the limitation must be made through a law, so that the fastest possible apply in January mechanism look , while for a wider ban regulation must await what anyone says parliamentarians.

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" A TRAP "

All communities , including the Basque Country, agree on the need for regulation of these cigarettes , with unwavering priority for the protection of minors. In this sense , the president of the Medical College (OMC ), Juan José Rodríguez Sendín warned of the risks and said they are " a big trap , very dangerous and misleading ." Therefore, said that "we must regulate it dramatically ," he comparing it to conventional snuff and including on the smoking ban . " We can not justify exceptions to electronic cigarette on the regulations of the consumption of snuff , and spaces , or prohibitions . Creating special conditions for consumption , which is just as toxic as snuff , can not be tolerated ," said President of the medical colleges .

Also in the Council gave green light to order that updates the authorization of homeopathic medicines with the objective of having the same degree of safety and quality than any other drug. In this regard, it is clarified that Mato adapt these products to European regulations on labeling and ensure the necessary information to users.