[URL='http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/06/22/chinese-children-learning-to-smoke-with-candy-flavored-e-cigarettes/']Chinese children learning to smoke with candy-flavored e-cigarettes | Fox News[/URL]
Could This Be The End Of FAST TECH ?
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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/06/22/chinese-children-learning-to-smoke-with-candy-flavored-e-cigarettes/
Broke link in the above. Just copy and paste into your browser.
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Since roughly 50% of chinese people smoke, I don't think e-cigarettes are "causing" anything there...
I'm Chinese, my parents were born there, all of my dad's family smokes/smoked. In Chinese culture it's normal to offer someone you meet a cigarette and it's actually rude to refuse it, smoking is very different there.
I should also note that my paternal grandmother smoked at least 1 PAD, until she passed at the age of 96.
I should also note that my paternal grandmother smoked at least 1 PAD, until she passed at the age of 96.
Anti-smoking advocates in China are waging a war against electronic cigarettes. The Council on Smoking and Health wants to see a total banagainst the sale, use, and even manufacturing of ecigarettes. The recent controversy stems from a survey conducted by University of Hong Kong’s School of Public Health. After interviewing more than 800 participants with roughly a third being between ages 15-29, authorities found that 4.4 percent of people in the younger age group had tried an ecig compared to only one percent of people over age 30.
Some participants reported trying ecigs out of curiosity because they saw friends using them. Others said they chose vaping as a way to stop smoking. Lam Tai-hing from the School of Public Health said the results show that is time for authorities to step up with some hard hitting regulations. He said now is the time to ban ecigs before they gain any more popularity among the younger Chinese population.
Associate Professor Daniel Ho Sai-yin explained that ecigs do pose a health risk because the propylene glycol in some ecig liquids could cause irritations to the mouth and throat. Additionally, he said they contain nicotine which is not only addictive, but could also pose a serious threat to the development of infants, children, and teens.
Ho believes that ultimately the risk is too great because there is much that is still unknown about the long term impact of vaping. While some believe ecigs are safe, Ho said, ‘There is no evidence to prove this, and after lighting up (ecigarettes), different known and unknown chemicals could be released… it’s hard to assess the dangers.”
Researchers argue that ecigs are far safer than cigarettes, with no tar, tobacco, or carcinogens. In a recent study, scientists found that the newer generation devices actually cause reduced nicotine consumption. Multiple studies have confirmed that ecigs are effective for smoking cessation.
Unfortunately, China’s health officials are ignoring the medical research and pushing forward in hopes of a total ban on vaping. Council Chairman Antonio Kwong Cho-shing hopes to see a total blackout on all ecigs in China: no more manufacturing, importation, distribution, advertising, or sales.
Do you think Chinese lawmaker will submit the wishes of these health officials or will they continue to allow vaping and ecig manufacturing?
Some participants reported trying ecigs out of curiosity because they saw friends using them. Others said they chose vaping as a way to stop smoking. Lam Tai-hing from the School of Public Health said the results show that is time for authorities to step up with some hard hitting regulations. He said now is the time to ban ecigs before they gain any more popularity among the younger Chinese population.
Associate Professor Daniel Ho Sai-yin explained that ecigs do pose a health risk because the propylene glycol in some ecig liquids could cause irritations to the mouth and throat. Additionally, he said they contain nicotine which is not only addictive, but could also pose a serious threat to the development of infants, children, and teens.
Ho believes that ultimately the risk is too great because there is much that is still unknown about the long term impact of vaping. While some believe ecigs are safe, Ho said, ‘There is no evidence to prove this, and after lighting up (ecigarettes), different known and unknown chemicals could be released… it’s hard to assess the dangers.”
Researchers argue that ecigs are far safer than cigarettes, with no tar, tobacco, or carcinogens. In a recent study, scientists found that the newer generation devices actually cause reduced nicotine consumption. Multiple studies have confirmed that ecigs are effective for smoking cessation.
Unfortunately, China’s health officials are ignoring the medical research and pushing forward in hopes of a total ban on vaping. Council Chairman Antonio Kwong Cho-shing hopes to see a total blackout on all ecigs in China: no more manufacturing, importation, distribution, advertising, or sales.
Do you think Chinese lawmaker will submit the wishes of these health officials or will they continue to allow vaping and ecig manufacturing?
I think that now that China has been bitten by the capitalism bug, it's incurable. 
They like money, just like pretty much any other member of homo sapiens.
Andria
They like money, just like pretty much any other member of homo sapiens.Andria
The Chinese government owns the tobacco company. At least they don't hide their participation in the business. They have a tough choice. The ecig business is going to be bigger than the taxes they collect domestically but the government won't get such a large peice of the pie. So many tough choices.
I would think the export trade benefits would outweigh the domestic tobacco sales/tax, but I am not up on my geoeconomics.
The Chinese are beating us into the ground on myriad economic topics. I've come to believe that's mostly due to their superior trade laws and disbelief of that thing that seems to get people's undergarments in a bunch in the western world whenever mentioned by name. I've been surprised to see their considerations on banning the industry. Their culture and way of governance is interesting though, to say the least.
The chinese governmen is not calling for a ban. Factions in the country are expressing their opinion. There are billions of dollars at stake so of course this is controversial. Us vapers are threatening an $800 billion dollar global taxing scheme. The beneficiaries of that aren't taking kindly to us horning in on their business. But the chinese are the dominant players in the ecig business which could become just as big as the tobacco business and that's money the Chinese will not ignore.
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The AP and Fox News article posted at the beginning of this thread simply repeated the false fear mongering claims from a propaganda story in Forbes at
http://www. forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2015/06/22/chinese-children-leaning-to-smoke-with-candy-flavored-e-cigarettes/
But no actual evidence was cited in the Forbes article (as none exists). Rather the author Johan Nylander referenced another propaganda article that he wrote two months ago that made similarly unverified bogus claims about e-cigs at:
http://www. forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2015/03/31/why-hong-kong-watchdog-wants-to-ban-e-cigarettes/
Nothing like the largest news media repeating false fear mongering claims made by other news outlets without doing any fact checking.
http://www. forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2015/06/22/chinese-children-leaning-to-smoke-with-candy-flavored-e-cigarettes/
But no actual evidence was cited in the Forbes article (as none exists). Rather the author Johan Nylander referenced another propaganda article that he wrote two months ago that made similarly unverified bogus claims about e-cigs at:
http://www. forbes.com/sites/jnylander/2015/03/31/why-hong-kong-watchdog-wants-to-ban-e-cigarettes/
Nothing like the largest news media repeating false fear mongering claims made by other news outlets without doing any fact checking.
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Just as everywhere else on the entire face of the earth, children doing things that they are not supposed to be doing and getting their hands on anything under the sun that they're not supposed to have is a PARENTING problem, much more than anything else, PERIOD!
There is simply no other possible explanation under the sun.
There is simply no other possible explanation under the sun.
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There was no evidence presented that Chinese youth are vaping. The problem here was that several news media outlets repeated lies written by a deceitful reporter who made the whole story up.
If those kids ever try to smoke a real cigarette the same way as an e-cig, they'll get a real surprise.
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