Over 50 researchers and public health specialists have signed a letter urging the World Health Organisation to refrain from ‘controlling and suppressing’ e-cigarettes.
The letter states that e-cigarettes are “among the most significant health innovations of the 21st century” and that they should not face the same regulations as conventional cigarettes.
“If regulators treat low-risk nicotine products as traditional tobacco products … they are improperly defining them as part of the problem. Regulators should avoid support for measures that could have the perverse effect of prolonging cigarette consumption,” it reads.
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Source: The Drum
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