Starting next yearIn Australia, access to e-cigarettes and related products containing liquid nicotine will require a prescription. And this seems like good news.
Because The supposed benefits of electronic cigarettes do not stand up to exhaustive analysis.
Few quality reviews
There have only been a small number of quality reviews on the harms and benefits of e-cigarettes for the entire population (rather than for individuals).
He analysis from CSIRO and the reviews of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine have found that the evidence of e-cigarettes helping people quit smoking is inconclusive. The reviews also found that e-cigarettes are harmful in their own right and are associated with increased tobacco and nicotine use in young people..
A 2017 review by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council drew similar conclusions.
The Australian regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration or TGA, tlittle evidence has been found to support the sale of electronic cigarettes as a 'therapeutic good'. The TGA has also found no evidence to relax existing poison safety controls that require a doctor to authorize access to liquid nicotine.
Despite the e-cigarette industry's claims and further promotion that 'e-cigarettes are less harmful' than smoking traditional cigarettes, There is no scientific basis for such claims..
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We must start pursuing electronic cigarettes because their safety is not clear
was originally published in
Xataka Science
by
Sergio Parra
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