(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 26 - Gateway to the use of traditional cigarettes and the consequences for health still unclear, the electronic cigarette is very popular among the very young, who always approach it earlier, in 4 cases out of 100 already elementary.
The Italian Society of Infantile Respiratory Diseases (SIMRI) has launched the alarm, with ISS data, which, on the occasion of the National Congress of the Society in progress in Verona, emphasizes: the earlier you start, the harder it is to stop.
A study conducted on 170,000 Italian students between the ages of 15 and 19 shows that the prevalence of those who smoked tobacco at least once in their life decreased between 2012 and 2018, while the share of those who have jumped from 32.9% to 52% has used an e-cig at least once. Furthermore, according to a survey by the Superior Institute of Health (May 2021) 43.4% of children have tried electronic cigarettes in middle school but there is a 4.1% who already did it in elementary school. Young people are now the main objective of the advertising campaigns of die-cigs brands: to attract them are the aromas, which accentuate the perception that the electronic cigarette is less harmful than it really is. "The immediate damage from electronic smoke is in the respiratory tract, as is susceptibility toasthma and obliterating bronchiolitis ", underlines MassimoLandi, vice president of Simri. But the risks also come from new devices (pod-mods) that" allow you to vape other substances other than those present in tobacco smoke ". And, above all," the boys who have tried electronic cigarettes at least once, they have a 3-4 times greater risk of starting to smoke traditional ones ", concludes Maria Elisa DiCicco, director of Simri. (ANSA).they have a 3-4 times greater risk of starting to smoke traditional ones ", concludes Maria Elisa DiCicco, director of Simri. (ANSA).they have a 3-4 times greater risk of starting to smoke traditional ones ", concludes Maria Elisa DiCicco, director of Simri. (ANSA).
