World No Tobacco Day 2025: Camouphy Cancer between water vapor, Vapar is not ‘cool’The Spanish Association against Cancer Alert to gain access, earlier, to Vapers between the teenagers. It is the «entrance door“On the Smoking.
The Vopemers are the access door of smoking, also known as Electronic cigarettes. According to the statistics of this association, 60% of young people believe that Vapen is ‘cool’ And two out of 10 people start smoking before the age of 18.
Another problem is that the ingredients they wear are unknown, masked in flavors of fruit or treats. ‘There is a bombing of information, nicotine, vapers without nicotine, now with flavors and ultimately some electronic cigarettes wear a mixture of substances, many of them wear nicotine, substances such as vegetable -cerin, artificial flavorings and other chemicals and metals. ‘
The lies that vapen cause
Under the appearance of modernity and a lower risk, behind the Electronic cigarettes A worrying proliferation of Bulos that minimizes or immediately denies their harmful effects. These lies vary from the conviction that Vapen helps to stop smoking to the idea that it is less harmful than traditional tobacco.
The experts in smoking consulted that agree that vapor It does not contribute to leaving the habit of smoking. This is explained by pneumologist Carlos Jiménez: «The electronic cigarette industry is in the hands of the tobacco industry, which is responsible for sending these false damage reduction messages»And that sends the wrong idea«that vapen is not harmful«.
Who also warns that there is still no evidence that the safety or effectiveness of these electronic cigarettes is demonstrating to quit smoking.
For this reason it recommends that governments allow their sale as a claim to quit smoking. The professors of the area of preventive medicine and public health of the University of Santiago de Compostela Agustín Montes, Julia Rey and Mónica Pérez-Ríos indicate that to that «Vapeo is an excellent gateway to tobacco consumption»For that false conviction that it is less harmful.
In that sense, nurse Laura in the Plaza Oven influences that «Transferring false information or hiding the truth, manipulating the message, is very dangerous because we play with the health of the population and specifically with the health of young peopleS “.
Finally, it concludes that this Bulos They fight «Information and conscious»From several areas to offer people tools and content that«They scientifically support how harmful these health products are«.