2023-08-24 00:00:26
Research found that even smoking one cigarette a day increases the chances of heart disease and stroke.
Since the end of 2022, Cofepris has prohibited the commercialization of vapers in Mexico.
Indonesia, Switzerland and the United States top the list of nations with the most consumers of electronic cigarettes.
Smoking has existed for thousands of years although in recent times it has evolved with the appearance of electronic cigarettes. But as with the conventional variant, its consumption is surrounded by controversy. The reality is that it is currently a modality that has gained popularity, especially among the younger generations.
According to the Quirón Salud University Hospital, the The first historical evidence of tobacco was discovered in a fossil from Peru in 2010. When making an analysis, it was calculated that it corresponds to the Pleistocene era, approximately 2.5 million years BC.
Since then, tobacco has been used on a daily basis by all cultures on the planet. Sometimes for religious reasons and others just as a form of habitual consumption. For centuries it was thought that it did not cause harm to human health until the corresponding studies were carried out.
Today it is known that even minimal consumption is harmful to health. An article from British Medical Journal shows that smoking one cigarette a day increases the chances of heart disease by 52.5 percent (48 percent for men and 57 percent for women).
Other risks must also be added to the above. What the research mentions is that it increases the probability of suffering a stroke by 28 percent (25 percent in men and 31 percent in women).
Electronic cigarettes and/or vapers, are they better or worse?
On the other hand, in recent decades the electronic cigarettes and vapers have gained popularity. Although at first it was thought that they were less dangerous, today everything is different.
In fact, at the end of 2022 the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) and the National Commission against Addictions (Conadic) published a risk alert. In a few words, they mention that these types of products can be even more dangerous than conventional cigarettes because they contain significant levels of metals such as cadmium, nickel, lead, among others, which represent a health risk. For the same reason, vapers are prohibited in Mexico.
Current outlook in the rest of the world
Despite scientific evidence, a study by Statista Consumer Insights identified the countries in the world where electronic cigarettes are most popular. In Indonesia, one in four people surveyed said they had used a vaporizer at least occasionally.
Meanwhile, in Europe vaporizers are quite popular in Switzerland (15 percent usage) and the UK (13 percent). For the latter, looking at a breakdown by age group, the survey found that a whopping 27 percent of 18- to 19-year-olds said they occasionally used e-cigarettes, by far the highest number of any age group surveyed. in the United Kingdom.
According to the survey, vaping is least popular in Brazil, where just 6 percent of online respondents said they used it occasionally, and even less so in Morocco, where just 2 percent of online respondents said the same.
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