We Need More Regulation On E-Cigarettes Use

We Need More Regulation On E-Cigarettes Use.
The unrealized fettle hazards of e-cigarettes remain unclear, and more regulation on their use is needed, say two groups representing cancer researchers and specialists. The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) together issued a enumerate of recommendations on Thursday aimed at bringing e-cigarette regulations more in track with those of established cigarettes. In a news release, the two groups apiculate out that e-cigarettes, which are not smoked but deliver nicotine in a aerosolized form, are not yet regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration.

They called on the FDA to control all types of e-cigarette products that also touch the standard definition of tobacco products. Those that do not meet that standard should be regulated by whichever means the FDA feels appropriate, the cancer groups added. Among other recommendations is a designate for e-cigarette manufacturers to supply the FDA with a full and detailed list of their products' ingredients; a call for threat labels on all e-cigarette packaging and ads to advise consumers about the perils of nicotine addiction; and a disallow on all marketing and selling of e-cigarettes to minors.

Containers for the liquid nicotine used for e-cigarettes should also have childproof caps, to convert the chances of accidental poisoning of children, the groups said. ASCO and AACR further urged that some of the levy a tax monies levied on both traditional and e-cigarette products be used for research into whether or not e-cigarettes have any existent value as a smoking-cessation tool, or contain any health hazards. "We are concerned that e-cigarettes may give a shot in the arm nonsmokers, particularly children, to start smoking and develop nicotine addiction," ASCO President Dr Peter Paul Yu explained in a tidings release.

So "While e-cigarettes may adjust smoking rates and attendant adverse health risks, we will not know for sure until these products are researched and regulated". ASCO and AACR aren't the in front organizations of health professionals to come out for more regulation of e-cigarettes. In 2014, three prime medical groups - the American Medical Association, the American Heart Association and the World Health Organization - all advocated for more restrictions on "vaping" devices. The recommendations are being simultaneously published Jan read more. 8 in ASCO's Journal of Clinical Oncology and the AACR monthly Clinical Cancer Research.