Dr. Prakit confirms that e-cigarette vapors cause lung damage to children because they contain carcinogens. more dangerous than adults I repeat, don’t smoke near The risk of addicted children to experiment
Date 12 Mar. 2023 Prof. Dr. Prakit Watesatokkit, President of the Campaign for Non-Smoking Foundation Revealed that now there are people asking questions to the foundation. continually In case of seeing many fathers smoking e-cigarettes while holding their children Or smoke e-cigarettes in the car while your child is seated. whether children will be harmed by e-cigarette vapor or not He strongly affirmed that Receiving second-hand vapor Especially in young children, it is definitely dangerous. because it contains nicotine which is addictive There is a lot of very fine dust particles. There are unknown chemicals that will affect the lungs and other organs in the long term.
Prof. Dr. Prakit Said that there are also many types of carcinogens, including benzene. Formaldehyde, heavy metals such as lead, nickel, zinc, diacetyl cause pneumonia to be destroyed and changed until it looks like popcorn lung.Prof. Dr. Prakit Said that from research that followed teenagers who received secondhand e-cigarette vapor And 2,097 respiratory symptoms with an average age of 17.3 years between 2014 and 2019 found that exposure to secondhand e-cigarettes increased from 11.7% to 15.6% between the two surveys.
The sample group who received secondhand e-cigarette vapor There is a breathing rate with a whistling sound in the lungs. indicates a smaller bronchial hole from the contraction of the bronchial muscles The irritation from chemicals in e-cigarette vapor increased from 12.3% to 14.9%, bronchitis increased from 19.5% to 26%, and shortness of breath increased from 16.5% to 18.1%.
“The relationship of respiratory symptoms from exposure to second-hand e-cigarette vapor It will be more obvious in people who do not smoke cigarettes or e-cigarettes at all. This shows that e-cigarette vapor is definitely dangerous for close people. Which many countries campaign about the dangers of secondhand e-cigarette vapor Especially young children whose lungs are growing. will suffer more serious harm than older children or adults.”
Prof. Dr. Prakit He continued that normal smoking would campaign against smoking near children. E-cigarettes need the same campaign. adults who smoke e-cigarettes Do not smoke in your home or anywhere else. with children Because e-cigarette vapor is harmful to children’s health. and is a bad role model Make children have a good attitude towards e-cigarettes. The greater the risk that children and adolescents will enter the experiment. Until becoming addicted to and developing to smoke ordinary cigarettes or other addictions in the future