In news today, it was stated that the Italian health ministry’s top
advisory board is recommending the complete ban e cigarette use in
public places. This would also include making the sale to minors and
pregnant women within the country. While it is easy to agree with them
on the later, this does raise concerns for this trend of banning e
cigarette use to spread, as this move to ban is also being planned by
France’s health Minister. It is unclear whether this will include
outdoor use or just use in public buildings.
The largest issue in debate was the safety of these devices and the
lack of resource by governing bodies, and the misconception that smoking
an cigarette is the same as smoking although no smoke is created when
the e liquid
becomes vapor. Other issues moving these public bans further state that
there is research stating that e cigarettes encourage children to pick
up the the real habit with traditional smoking
Many countries have already outlawed e cigarettes: Turkey, Brazil, Argentina and Singapore.
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