WHO Calls for Indoor E-Cig Ban but Even an Anti-Smoking Group is Wary
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The World Health Organization wants tougher regulations on e-cigarettes, including stricter advertising regulations, a ban on indoor use, the withdrawal of fruit, candy and alcohol-based flavors, and health warnings on packets.
The Switzerland-based United Nations health body argued that vaping could be a threat to the health of adolescents and fetuses, writing that the vapor from e-cigarettes is “not merely water vapor as is often claimed in the marketing for these products” but “increases exposure of non-smokers and bystanders to nicotine and a number of toxicants.”
The lack of firm data associating e-cigarettes with disease should not be a green light to vape, the W.H.O, argued. “Conclusive evidence about the association of [e-cigarettes] with diseases such as cancer will not be available for years or even decades,” it said.
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