The World Health Organization said on Monday that at least 15 million minors, between the ages of 13 and 15, smoke electronic cigarettes around the world. The organization added that the possibilities of smoking young men on this type of cigarette increased on average 9 times, compared to adults in countries where data is available. In the first global estimate of the use of electronic cigarettes, the organization said that more than 100 million around the world are now smoking, including at least 86 million people, and that most of them are in high revenue countries. These numbers have an ongoing decline in tobacco worldwide. The smoke of electronic cigarettes and the number of tobacco users dropped to 1.2 billion smokers in 2024 from 1.38 billion in 2000. As the most stringent regulations help reduce the use of tobacco, this sector becomes in alternative products such as electronic cigarettes; To help compensate for low sales. Tobacco companies say they target adult smokers with the aim of helping them quit smoking and reducing traditional tobacco damage. The World Health Organization has warned that almost one in five adults around the world still smoke tobacco products, which are being asked to improve tobacco control measures and regulate the use of new nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes. The damages of electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarettes are an increase in their popularity, especially among young people, and their marketing as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, but new and disturbing research is questioned in this hypothesis, according to the “Gizmodo” website that specializes in technology news. In a study, published in ACS Central Science, 3 researchers tested a common brand for e -kigarettes for use once to detect dangerous metals such as lead, chrome, antimone and nickel. In breathing these toxins, it can increase the risk of cancer, respiratory diseases and nerve damage. The results showed that electronic cigarettes perform high and dangerous levels of toxic minerals, much higher than the levels released by traditional cigarettes and other electronic cigarettes. More than traditional cigarettes and one of the species tested during daily use, fired, exceeded a number of bullets about 20 cans of cigarettes. The researchers concluded that these results, due to the distribution of electronic cigarettes among minors, confirm the urgent need to take regulatory measures. “Our study highlights the hidden risks of these new and single electronic cigarettes, with the dangerous levels of toxic bullets of the nerves, nickel and antimon, which emphasizes the need to accelerate the application of the law,” says Brett Paulin, assistant professor in environmental poisoning at the University of California. He added: “These risks are not only worse than other electronic cigarettes, but also worse in some cases than traditional cigarettes.” The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken strict measures against brands selling electronic cigarettes with flavors that can be used once in the United States, due to concerns about their arrival in young people, health risks and unauthorized sales.
Health Organization: 15 million minors in the world smoke e -cigarettes
