Poison, not smoke! Snuff out fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that lure young people

With the mantra that smoking is bad for you, e-cigarettes are catching on with young people through concepts like health and cool. But is it as safe as the marketing says? What harm does it do? Let's find out.

E-cigarettes have gained popularity in recent years, especially among teenagers, who have overtaken traditional cigarettes in smoking rates. The phenomenon has raised concerns about the short - and long-term health consequences of smoking atomized cigarettes. Researchers say the safety of e-cigarettes has not been fully established, especially for people with underlying medical conditions. What's more, e-cigarettes are attractive to young people and need public attention.



16,000 flavors of e-cigarettes

Is becoming a young people's trendy play upstart

Electronic cigarette, also known as electronic nicotine delivery system, is an electronic device for users to inhale. It is mainly composed of four parts: cigarette oil (containing nicotine, essence, solvent propylene glycol, etc.), heating system, power supply and filter. Through heating and atomizing, the aerosol with specific smell is produced for smokers to use. With the rise of flavored e-cigarettes in China, wearing e-cigarettes on the chest has become a trend and fashion in the eyes of many young people, who have become the main consumer group of e-cigarettes.

According to a set of data released by the World Health Organization in August 2021, there are about 16,000 flavors of e-cigarette products on the market at present, which are mainly divided into fruit flavor, candy flavor and sweet taste. These flavored e-cigarettes are attracting young, inexperienced people. Coupled with their fashionable appearance, e-cigarettes are becoming the latest craze among young people.



The study found:

(1) 94.3% of adolescents had heard of e-cigarettes, and 4.5% reported that they had tried e-cigarettes;

(2) 26.2% of the adolescents who used two types of products used e-cigarettes before cigarettes;

(3) The age of the first use of e-cigarettes was mostly 10-15 years old;

(4) About half of e-cigarette users reported adverse reactions;

⑤ Among teenagers who have tried to buy e-cigarettes in the past month, two-thirds have successfully bought e-cigarettes;

(6) The most attractive flavor of e-cigarettes for teenagers is fruit, followed by food and beverage.

⑦15 percent of teens have seen e-cigarettes in stores near their schools, and one third of teens said they have seen e-cigarette ads in the last month.

Many studies have shown that curiosity about e-cigarettes is one of the risk factors for teenagers to use e-cigarettes, and the curiosity of teenagers about e-cigarettes is closely related to the online and offline marketing of e-cigarette companies.