Alarming Number Of People Now Vape, Says Who

More than 100 cardinal people, including astatine slightest 15 cardinal children, usage e-cigarettes, fuelling a caller activity of nicotine addiction, nan World Health Organization (WHO) is warning.

Children are, connected average, 9 times much apt than adults to vape, it says, based connected disposable world figures.

The WHO's Dr Etienne Krug said e-cigarettes were fuelling a "new wave" of nicotine addiction. "They are marketed arsenic harm simplification but, successful reality, are hooking kids connected nicotine earlier and consequence undermining decades of progress."

WHO Director General, Dr Tedros, accused nan baccy manufacture of "agressively targeting" young people.

"Millions of group are stopping, aliases not taking up, baccy usage acknowledgment to baccy power efforts by countries astir nan world," he said.

"In consequence to this beardown progress, nan baccy manufacture is fighting backmost pinch caller nicotine products, aggressively targeting young people. Governments must enactment faster and stronger successful implementing proven tobacco-control policies," he added.

The vaping figures are an estimate since immoderate countries - 109 successful all, and galore successful African and South-East Asia - do not stitchery data.

According to nan report, arsenic of February this year, astatine slightest 86 cardinal e-cigarette users were adults, mostly successful high-income countries.

And astatine slightest 15 cardinal teenagers aged betwixt 13 and 15 already vape, based connected surveys from 123 countries.

While galore nations person made efforts to present e-cigarettes regulations to tackle kid vaping successful caller years, by nan extremity of 2024, 62 countries still had nary argumentation successful place, and 74 countries had nary minimum property astatine which e-cigarettes whitethorn beryllium purchased, says nan WHO.

Meanwhile, baccy usage has been decreasing - from an estimated 1.38 cardinal users successful 2000 to 1.2 cardinal successful 2024.

Prevalence of baccy usage among women dropped nan astir - from 11% successful 2010 to 6.6% successful 2024.

Among men, nan alteration was from 41.4% successful 2010 to 32.5% successful 2024.

But 1 successful 5 adults globally still uses tobacco.

Smoking is linked to galore diseases, including cancer.

Experts opportunity vaping is acold little harmful than cigarettes, and tin thief you discontinue smoking. It is not recommended for non-smokers.

E-cigarettes do not pain baccy and do not nutrient tar aliases c monoxide, 2 of nan astir damaging elements successful baccy smoke. They incorporate nicotine, which tin beryllium addictive.