UCE calls on the Ministry of Health to regulate the electronic cigarette

Consumers Union of Extremadura has asked the Health Ministry to constitute a working group to agree on a rule governing the electronic cigarette in order to restrict its use until it is demonstrated to be a safe product and adopt a regulation national .

In a press release , stressed that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends not to use it until certifying that poses no health risk , and added that his lack of control is expanding its use among the citizenry. An estimated 800,000 people have signed the " vaping " in Spain .

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With this background , he added, the sale of electronic cigarettes is " absolutely uncontrolled " , and can be found in specialty shops, but also in video stores , shoe stores, electronics stores and Asian trade .

In these latter cases , UCE has acquired samples of liquids, for example, with all your labeling and , consequently, all the warnings , in English , a practice " prohibited " by the laws of the country , for any product offered for sale in Spain must have minimum information in Castilian .

In addition , the regional powers in health lead to " disparate " regulations and , as such , has said that Catalonia has banned the use , promotion and sale of electronic cigarettes in the centers, services and establishments of the public health system; and Andalusia and Valencia have announced that as equivalent to conventional snuff .

It also has opened the debate on the reform of European directive snuff , so it is expected that this type of cigarette can only be sold in pharmacies if smoking cessation therapeutic indications are alleged , the rest could not be sold to anyone under 18 years not contain more than 20 mg / ml of nicotine .

Similarly , UCE has indicated that the recent study of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, United States, showing that inhaling the steam from electronic cigarettes exposed to nicotine but not other chemicals that are present in the smoke of snuff , loses credibility if you consider that funded a company that makes treatments for smoking cessation , and that one of the components of the research team funded by a manufacturer of electronic cigarettes.

Since this organization have ensured that , with the studies and data available today , it is not possible to say with certainty whether the electronic cigarette is or is not safe for our health and also if we will really help you quit smoking .

In this regard, he stressed that , in addition to containing toxic substances, does not help the smoker overcome their psychological dependence not break the habit of " putting something in the mouth."

In terms of physics, some of them contain nicotine , a component which engages six times heroin, besides propylene glycol ( a synthetic substance that absorbs water ) , vegetable glycerin , nitrosamines ( carcinogenic compound ) and other products such as essences of mint, vanilla and apple , which represent "extra risk " for young people to start smoking.