Health wants to ban electronic smoking in enclosed public spaces

Those who had changed the electronic cigarette snuff to avoid going outside to smoke should also get used to using it (' vaping ') outdoors. The Ministry of Health today will propose to the regions equate these devices as a product of snuff over and apply the same regulation. That will prevent ' vaping ' can in enclosed public spaces. Although not themselves cigarettes, may not be used or in the office, or at a restaurant , much less in hospitals or schools.

The e- cigarettes or electronic cigarettes have a very similar appearance to conventional cigarettes . Work with a small electric heater that heats a liquid and generates steam to suck . But this is not just innocent steam water. These devices are loaded with cartridges with or without nicotine , camouflaged with different flavors ( mint, vanilla , strawberry, snuff .. ) and other chemical ingredients. Some of them can be toxic , as has already been reported to the FDA, the U.S. Food and Drug . The World Health Organization (WHO ) also advises against using " until there is data showing that they are safe, effective and of acceptable quality products ."

Warnings sale

Is the intention of the department heads and shows Ana Mato electronic cigarette legal limbo that has proliferated with a market increasingly flourishing since the entry into force restrictions snuff . With communities, today discuss how this policy should be to regulate not only consumption but also for sale.

Among other measures , Health wants the packages include warnings about the risks that may involve health , that nicotine is addictive , it can not be considered a substitute for snuff nor as a medication to help you quit smoking . Probably the regulation places the ministry also reaches the outlets. Now you can buy from pharmacies kiosks, herbalists and the increasingly ubiquitous : exclusive shops that add a touch of glamor to the sale of electronic cigarette.

Catalonia and Andalusia , for

Minister Ana Mato had betrayed his intention to regulate these electronic devices as a product over snuff . And two communities , Catalonia and Andalusia have also announced their intention to put some control to end the loophole if it did before the European Union in all countries.

The National Committee for Smoking Prevention ( NPTC ) has called on Health and the regions that are " ambitious " in its regulation. This organization brings together all the scientific societies related problems snuff ( cardiologists, pulmonologists , oncologists ... ) recalled that the electronic cigarette impunity ' threatens progress against snuff . "

The NPTC has developed a document that recalls that these devices contain nicotine and that " have not proven ' efficacy for smoking cessation . On the contrary , it can induce " a dangerous normalization of smoking ." Also, remember that vapor electronic cigarettes can contain toxic substances harmful to health " and should not be used in enclosed public spaces ," insists the document.