Today is world no tobacco day — a good reason to quit for those who have not done so, and those on the planet more than a billion people. Now serious competition for conventional cigarettes is their electronic counterparts. Are they harmless for smokers and others, as many claim?
Spend the day without a cigarette for a smoker — not an easy task. But, more importantly, to start. As was once done in the world health organization, proclaiming may 31 as world no tobacco day.
Over the last ten years more than seventy million people were able to cope with this harmful habit. After the adoption of anti-Smoking legislation to reduce the number of smokers is observed in Russia. Nevertheless, from the nicotine in the world are still dependent more than a billion people. And any addiction involves regular approach.
David Zaridze, President of Anticancer society of Russia, visiting Professor at Oxford University, said: “One of these methods doctors call the transition to alternative systems of nicotine delivery. Talking about electronic cigarettes or different systems by heating tobacco. First, they significantly reduce the impact of harmful emissions on others. According to who, passive Smoking annually kills about six hundred thousand people. And, secondly, the device is less dangerous to smokers themselves. Of course, completely eliminate the harmful effects of the systems, but for eliminating products of combustion in the human body comes less carcinogens”.
Andrei Loskutov, Executive Director of the Movement for the rights of smokers, the President of the Russian cigar Union, added: “According to VTsIOM, the choice in favor of electronic devices for almost half of smokers caused less harm to health. But a quarter of respondents uses them as a step towards a complete abandonment of the usual tobacco.”
But to adjust constantly the growing market of electronic devices, it is necessary to develop uniform criteria of quality and safety of such systems. Work on the study of toxic substances in conventional and electronic cigarettes by order of the Eurasian economic Commission have already begun, scientists of all-Russian scientific research Institute of tobacco. However, for a complete picture of the research must continue.
Eugene Gnuchev, Vice-Director on scientific work and innovations of GNU VNIITTI, explained: “nevertheless, the use of e-cigarettes, like any other, harmful to the body. And, therefore, these products should also be subject to excise duties. The tax on all types of heating systems and the delivery of nicotine introduced from the beginning of this year.”
However, the legislators are confident in the pursuit of reducing the number of smokers to equalize all devices and conventional cigarettes still not worth it. Strict limits encourage the growth of counterfeit and smuggled goods. Therefore, the main proper regulation of the market.
Sergey Katasonov, the Deputy of the state Duma of the Russian Federation, said: “What measures in the fight against Smoking will be most effective – will become clear only over time. However experts converge in one: in the struggle with addiction the need for an integrated approach. And this propaganda of a healthy lifestyle, and psychological work and support on the objective results of scientific research.
