WHO estimates at least 15 million teenagers use e-cigarettes worldwide. Nicotine reduction? We don't think so.

Summary:

• WHO estimates over 100 million people worldwide use Vapes.
• Among them are 15 million aged 13 to 15.
• WHO warns of new addiction wave, even as tobacco use falls.
• Urges stronger policies on tobacco, newer nicotine products.

The figures come as global tobacco use continues to decline, with the number of tobacco users falling to 1.2 billion in 2024 from 1.38 billion in 2000.

Think about it; Big Tobacco has you believing that a worldwide decrease in cigarette and tobacco use is a WIN. Not even close. For the individuals that made the choice to stop smoking cigarettes and begin Vaping, "kudos to you." It is definitely a step in the right direction towards overall health and wellness, by the overall reduction in harmful chemical exposure to the lungs alone, however, where is the step towards reduction of nicotine, coupled with not placing any harmful ingredients into a nicotine users lungs?

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As ever-stricter regulations help cut tobacco use, the industry has turned to alternative products such as Vapes to help offset sales declines.

Tobacco companies say they target adult smokers, aiming to help them quit and reduce the harm of traditional tobacco.

But e-cigarettes are driving a "new wave of nicotine addiction", said Etienne Krug, director of the WHO department for health determinants, promotion and prevention.

"They are marketed as harm reduction but, in reality, are hooking kids on nicotine earlier and risk undermining decades of progress."

Governments and health authorities are grappling with how to balance the potential benefits and risks of e-cigarettes, namely uptake by new nicotine users.

Region by Region:

The decline in traditional tobacco use varied sharply by region. Male tobacco prevalence in Southeast Asia nearly halved to 37% in 2024 from 70% in 2000, accounting for more than half the global decline.

Europe now has the highest tobacco prevalence globally at 24.1%, with its women engaging in the world's highest female tobacco use at 17.4%.

The WHO warned that nearly one in five adults worldwide still use tobacco products, and called for stronger enforcement of tobacco control measures and regulation of new nicotine products such as Vapes.

So, what is the next Pandemic? Teenagers with popcorn lung, addicted to their Vapes ingredients + Nicotine??

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