"8. Clearly, the intent is for them to act as starter products that get young non-smokers addicted to nicotine. "
"17. These new and emerging products are being marketed as safer alternatives to cigarettes, but they are not. If they contain tobacco, whether they are smoked, chewed, inhaled, sucked or topically applied, then they are potentially harmful as tobacco is carcinogenic and causes cancer. If they contain nicotine then they are still harmful as nicotine is toxic and highly addictive. There is a misconception that tobacco substitutes can be used as cessation aids when they have not been approved for such use. The nicotine level in some of these new and emerging products is actually higher than that of cigarettes. With regular use, addiction can occur, leading onto smoking and even dual use of both cigarettes and the substitutes. My Ministry has studied the evidence both available internationally and locally, on the harm of tobacco use and nicotine addiction, and the appeal these new and emerging products may have to vulnerable groups, such as youths and young adults. The evidence is substantial."
They only think of people starting on e-cigs then move on to analogs when the fact is people are using it the other way round. they say they have evidence of people starting on e-cigs before progressing to analogs, jiao wei la, these people should smoke analogs for a few years and try quitting using PV first at least before passing on such a biased statement and absurd proposal.
