WHO calls for ban on flavored vapes

WHO calls for countries to ban flavored e-cigarettes to protect kids

Health officials are worried about the "alarming increase" in the use of e-cigarettes among children.

WHO calls for ban on flavored vapes

The World Health Organization (WHO) called for a ban on flavored vaping devices in a Thursday news release. The WHO said in countries that “permit commercialization (sale, importation, distribution and manufacture) of e-cigarettes as consumer products” measures like “banning all” flavors of electronic cigarettes, putting limits on “the concentration and quality of nicotine” and taxing…

Ban flavored vapes, WHO says, urging tobacco-style controls

LONDON, United Kingdom – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, December 14, urged governments to treat e-cigarettes similarly to tobacco and ban all flavors, threatening cigarette companies’ bets on smoking alternatives. Some researchers, campaigners and governments see e-cigarettes, or vapes, as a key tool in reducing the death and disease caused by smoking. But the UN agency said “urgent measures” were needed to control them. Citing…

WHO calls for ban on flavoured vapes; 6 ways e-cigarettes can damage health

WHO called for ban on all flavours of e-cigarettes highlighting the dangers of vaping. Here are ways vaping damages our body.

STA: WHO poziva k obravnavi elektronskih cigaret kot običajnih tobačnih izdelkov

Svetovna zdravstvena organizacija (WHO) je danes vlade pozvala, naj elektronske cigarete in uparjalnike z davčnega in zdravstvenega vidika obravnavajo podobno kot običajne tobačne izdelke, so sporočili iz Ženeve. Če bi do tega res prišlo, bi bil to velik udarec za tobačno industrijo v njenih prizadevanjih po razvoju alternative običajnim cigaretam.

Big tobacco's transition under fire as WHO targets vaping

Big Tobacco's transition under fire as WHO targets vaping