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Written by: Li Enci
2020-12-10 15:25
Last update date: 2020-12-10 15:25
The Hong Kong Committee on Smoking and Health held an online press conference today (10th). Chairman Tang Xiuqi pointed out that the claim of "heating smoke to reduce harm" has not been recognized and is suspected of misleading the public. Banned together.
The committee cited the latest tobacco control policy survey of the University of Hong Kong and pointed out that more than half of heat-smokers smoked traditional cigarettes at the same time, and nearly 30% of those who smoked both traditional and heat-smoked smoked their first cigarette within 6 to 30 minutes after getting up.
In fact, about 45% of smokers who use heated cigarettes originally used heated cigarettes to help quit smoking, but their chances of successfully quitting after six months have not improved.
Wang Wenbing, an associate professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Hong Kong, believes that heat-smokers are "extremely addicted." It can be seen that heat-smokers do not help quit smoking.
Electronic cigarettes, heating cigarettes and other tobacco products should be banned at the same time,
Hong Kong Committee on Smoking and Health Chairman Tang Xiuqi said that tobacco companies continue to use misleading claims to market heating cigarettes and electronic cigarettes, and even claim that heating cigarettes can help quit smoking in an attempt to reduce smoking Harm to the body, reduce the public's awareness of its harm, and lobby all sectors to support the regulation of heating smoke instead of a total ban.
He pointed out that the argument of "heating smoke to reduce harm" has not been recognized, and it is suspected of misleading the public. It is recommended that e-cigarettes, heating smoke and other tobacco products should be banned.
There are 80 chemical substances that are unique to
heating cigarettes, Li Huixian, director general of the Hong Kong Committee on Smoking and Health, said that the concentration of nicotine and tar in heating cigarettes is similar to that of traditional cigarettes, and 80 chemical substances are unique to heating cigarettes or have higher concentrations than traditional cigarettes. Among them, 4 may cause cancer and 15 may be genotoxic, emphasizing that heated cigarettes are not harmless or less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
Tang Xiuqi, chairman of the Hong Kong Committee on Smoking and Health, said that tobacco companies continue to market heated cigarettes and e-cigarettes with misleading claims in an attempt to minimize the harm that smoking brings to the body.
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The University of Hong Kong conducted a survey on “heating tobacco use and smoking cessation” from 2018 to 2019, interviewing more than 1,000 smokers, of which 60 were smokers.
The survey found that about 45% of smokers who use heated cigarettes use heated cigarettes to help quit smoking, but after 6 months, their attempts and chances of successfully quitting smoking have not improved.
More than half of the heat smokers also smoked traditional cigarettes. From
December last year to October this year, a survey on tobacco control policies was conducted. More than 5,000 local residents were interviewed and smokers who intend to quit smoking were followed for six months, hoping to understand the effects of heat The relationship between smoking cessation results.
Wang Wenbing, an associate professor at the School of Nursing of the University of Hong Kong, pointed out that more than half of current heated smokers also smoked traditional cigarettes; while nearly 30% of traditional smokers and heated smokers smoked the first cigarette within 6 to 30 minutes after waking up. The smoker is slightly taller.
Wang Wenbing believes that "heated cigarettes are very addictive." It can be seen that heated cigarettes do not help quit smoking.
During the pandemic, one-half of heat smokers increased smoking at home
The survey also found that during the epidemic, one and a half people who only used heating cigarettes increased their smoking at home, which was about 10% higher than those who only smoked traditional cigarettes.
The committee reminded the public that the main component of heating smoke is tobacco, which also releases harmful and carcinogenic substances. Its second-hand smoke will also expose family members to health risks. The public should not underestimate the health hazards of alternative smoking products.
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