India's Growing Tobacco Problem and Need for Safer Choices
/ -- Evidence Shows E-cigarettes a Viable Solution to Reduce Tobacco Harm
Western countries have witnessed record-breaking declines in smoking rates, says new study
India's tobacco burden
106 million smokers- 12% of the world's smokers live in India 1.35 million tobacco deaths per year in India Lowest quit rate among GATS-2 countries Tobacco Harm Reduction through e-cigarettes
Cigarette smoke contains 400 toxins, 69 known carcinogens Carcinogenic risk of e-cigarettes is about 0.4% that of smoking E-cigarettes are at least 95% less harmful than tobacco smoking - Public Health England Learning from UK's experience with e-cigarettes
UK's regulatory framework for e-cigarettes includes quality standards, nicotine concentration limits, marketing restrictions Lowest ever smoking rate of 15.1% recorded in 2017 Smoking prevalence amongst youth declined by 25% since 2011 UK Commons Science and Technology Committee to further relax e-cigarette regulations About Konstantinos Farsalinos:
Christopher Russell is a Psychologist and tobacco harm reduction researcher at the Centre for Substance Use Research, Scotland
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