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Nicotine-free Trojan horse. These products are dangerous especially for children and teenagers

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published June 26, 2024 17:00

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- Nicotine-free products are dangerous because they lead children into addiction," says Dr. Magdalena Cedzyńska, psychologist and head of the Smoking Help Clinic at the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology - National Research Institute. In the public debate, the greatest emphasis is currently being placed primarily on the need to ban the sale of disposable e-cigarettes. Nicotine-free "disposables" are on the margins in the discourse. Meanwhile, they may have significance as a product that initiates nicotinism in children and adolescents.

- There is indeed some potential in them to tame something bad. It's a bit like the champagne for children produced by alcohol manufacturers. It works on the principle that you release a product that will tame kids and teenagers with something more serious," assesses Professor Lukasz Balwicki, head of the Department of Public Health and Social Medicine at the Medical University of Gdansk. - I am absolutely against allowing this type of product, because it tames nicotine products, which such a young person may reach for later. Later, when the e-cigarette breaks down, for example, the next step may already be a traditional cigarette. Although these products do not contain nicotine, it can be said th...

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