This is just the beginning of the e-cigarette dilemma.
A week, the e-cigarette market has bad news.
Electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs Inc has just entered the Chinese market, but suddenly announced a moratorium on sales; the Indian government has officially announced that it will completely ban the sale of all e-cigarette products…
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, also announced last Friday that it will stop selling e-cigarettes in all its stores. Wal-Mart officials said that public concerns about e-cigarettes are increasing. “In view of the increasingly complex and uncertain federal and state government regulations, we plan to stop selling e-cigarette products at all Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores.”
At the same time, several media reports said that some of the problems caused by lung diseases, seizures and other health risks may be related to the use of electronic cigarettes.
Mountain rain is coming
Foreign media recently reported that the US Food and Drug Administration launched a criminal investigation into the e-cigarette supply chain earlier this summer. They suspected that some of the symptoms were caused by a chemical substance of the aerosol, but the cause has not been confirmed.
Reports show that these symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea. The key is that all of these cases are related to smoking or using electronic cigarettes. The head of the federal regulatory agency said they will soon ban the listing of scented e-cigarettes. At the same time, some countries have completely banned or banned such products, saying they pose too much risk to health.
You may see some people in a lot of places, even restaurants and meeting places, who will tell you “sincerely” that you are smoking harmless electronic cigarettes, especially used As far as smoke is concerned, “you will not have problems when you suck it. At most, I inhale some nicotine. What you smell is only water vapor.”
Is that really the case?
The e-cigarette entered the US market about a decade ago and was touted as a safer alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the use of e-cigarettes has soared since then, especially among young people.
In 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration finalized a regulation to expand regulatory authority over all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and its impact is still spreading.
An electronic cigarette produces an aerosol for inhalation by a user by heating a mixed liquid containing nicotine, tetrahydrofuran, and the like. E-cigarette advocates say they are helpingAdult smokers who quit traditional cigarettes quit smoking or are safe substitutes for reducing smoking.
But the manufacturers of e-cigarettes are controversial because they want to attract more people to consume and continue to introduce “fragrance agents” that cater to young people’s tastes. With the recent ongoing follow-up survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, whether people are suffering from fatal lung disease after using e-cigarettes, there is growing concern about the health effects of e-cigarettes.
Strengthen monitoring
In countries such as Europe and the United States, health people are calling for the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on this largely unregulated industry. Some retailers and media organizations have taken their own steps to cut off the link with the industry. For example, CBS, Warner Media and Viacom all said they would stop advertising e-cigarettes.
Last week, the Hillary City School District in California added an e-cigarette detector, making it the second school district to choose to use the device. John Marschhausen, head of the Hillild area, said that in each of the three high schools in the area, two detectors (monitoring the use of electronic eyes) will be installed in each school. Earlier this month, the local school council in Orange County, California, also voted to install an e-cigarette detector at its high school campus.
This is the latest monitoring strategy launched by many schools to curb the rising dependence of e-cigarettes on young people. According to the National Institutes of Health, from 2017 to 2018, the proportion of 10th grade students using e-cigarettes increased from 8% to 16%, and that of 8th grade students rose from 3.5% to 6.1%.
According to data from the US Medical Health Management section, there are 17 related cases in Ohio, 3 of which are in Franklin County, and 22 other diseases are under investigation. The confirmed cases involved patients between the ages of 16 and 59, all hospitalized.
So far, no related patients have died in Ohio. Locally, the Franklin County Public Health Bureau issued a statement last weekend saying, “Strongly urge people to stop using all e-cigarettes or related types of smoking products immediately.” The Ohio Department of Health spent $4.1 million over two years to strengthen e-cigarette education. And provide communities with resources to help reduce the use of e-cigarettes. The state governor, Mike Devin, also said he is studying whether there are legal provisions that can help ban the sale of e-cigarette products.
“Wal-Mart has taken a responsible step because the prevalence of e-cigarettes among teenagers is getting more serious, and there are more and more serious cases of lung disease associated with e-cigarette use.” Sports director Matthew Myers stressed in a statement: “We urge that this policy be perpetuated and further stop the sale of all tobacco products, including cigarettes.”
As news of e-cigarettes spread, US regulators and local governments are working together to strengthen regulation of e-cigarettes. The federal government plans to ban the use of non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, while New York and Michigan have banned the sale of e-cigarettes.
At the same time, e-cigarette giant JuuL announced that it has suspended sales in the Chinese market. It is now “not seen” on Tmall and JD. The new version of the “Tobacco Control Regulations” in Shenzhen clarifies the scope of e-cigarettes: “tobacco products” means Products that are produced, in whole or in part, from tobacco, as a raw material for smoking, sucking, chewing or snuffing, and electronic cigarettes.”
The rain is coming, and the weather is constant.