Friday, September 12, 2014

E - Cigarette Health Issues-M A Aleem BMJ⁠ 2014;349:g5512

Analysis

Essay

E-cigarettes: the best and the worst case scenarios for public health—an essay by Simon Chapman

BMJ⁠ 2014⁠; 349⁠ doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g5512 (Published 09 September 2014)⁠

Cite this as: BMJ⁠ 2014;349:g5512

Responses

E - Cigarette Health Issues

The World Health Organization, United Kingdom and United States seem to favour regulating e-cigarettes in exactly the same way as tobacco, with strict advertising rules and heavy taxation. The European Union looks to be somewhere in the middle, proposing both controls on ingredients and nicotine strength and marketing restrictions. Some countries, such as Brazil, have simply banned them outright, while many local authorities – including New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles – have outlawed their use in public places, just like tobacco. With passions running high on both sides, the debate around e-cigarettes seems unlikely to be settled any time soon.

Competing interests: No competing interests

12 September 2014

M A Aleem

Neurologist

Kapv Govt Medical College MGM Govt Hospital ABC Hospital

Trichy 620018 Tamilnadu India

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