The Board discussed the electronic cigarette and extends its ban on their headquarters

The Ministry of Gender, Health and Social Policy is determined to declare war on electronic cigarettes. Andalusia has banned its health centers , social and school use of the electronic cigarette since early January , but now the government wants the Board to extend the ban to all venues of the regional administration , as was stated by the Minister of Gender and Health María José Sánchez Rubio.

The Minister also announced that the next week will begin sampling the different brands of vaporizers electronic cigarettes to analyze its content and confirm the suspicion that contain components harmful to health.

With both measures Andalucía Government anticipates the nation , preparing legislation to ban in public places, the use of that cigarette according to all regions , as announced before Christmas the Health Minister Ana Mato .

According to the minister, the sampling is performed in watertight , malls , specialty shops , stands, wholesalers and retailers . Samples were sent to the Laboratory of Agro Sevilla , the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, which will be analyzing with a maximum capacity of 20 samples per week .

The study includes an analysis to determine whether the labeling or advertising information that is included can hide or contain other data which suggest that this product can help you quit smoking or that produces health benefits . The Minister recalled that the World Health Organization ( WHO) do not use slogans believe people who want to stop smoking electronic cigarettes can help them, because there is no scientific evidence for this relationship.wholesale e cig

Ten thousand deaths per year

Health sent a recommendation to health and social sites not owned by the Board to also prohibit cigarette use in its facilities, the minister announced .

One in three people smoke in Andalusia, according to the latest health survey available, the 2011-2012 . The snuff is the leading preventable cause of death, direct and indirect cause of at least 10,600 deaths a year in the Community. Attributed to snuff direct causes of mouth tumors and lung - 3400 cases a year , and cardiopulmonary and respiratory diseases.

Despite the increasingly high price of snuff , the crisis has led to "an increase in consumption ," said Sanchez Rubio. Yet since 1999, snuff consumption has stabilized, although it has increased in women and decreased in men. The Board has conducted 63,918 compliance checks of the current law on smoking. There have been 860 penalties for total amount of 930,916 euros.