Alarming Figures of People Now Use E-Cigarettes, States Global Health Organization
Over 100 million people, featuring at least 15 million children, now use e-cigarettes, fueling a new wave of nicotine addiction, per current worldwide public health findings.
Minors are, on average, nine times more prone than grown-ups to engage in vaping, based on existing international data.
Vaping devices are fueling a "new wave" of nicotine addiction, remarked a senior health representative. "They are advertised as risk reduction but, in reality, are hooking youth on nicotine earlier and risk compromising generations of improvement."
Teens Being 'Focused On'
"Millions of citizens are quitting, or avoiding tobacco usage due to tobacco regulation measures by nations across the globe," he commented.
"As an answer to this substantial progress, the tobacco industry is pushing back with recent nicotine products, aggressively targeting adolescents. Authorities must act faster and stronger in applying proven tobacco-control policies," he further stated.
The e-cigarette figures are an estimate since numerous states - 109 in sum, and numerous in Africa and South-East Asia - lack statistics.
Based on the analysis, as of this past February this year, at bare minimum 86 million e-cigarette consumers were mature individuals, mostly in developed countries.
And at bare minimum 15 million adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15 presently vape, per research from 123 states.
Although numerous nations have made efforts to introduce e-cigarette rules to combat child vaping in recent years, by the close of 2024, 62 countries even now had no regulation in effect, and 74 countries had no minimum age at which e-cigarettes are allowed to be acquired, reports the medical authority.
Simultaneously, tobacco usage has been declining - from an projected 1.38 billion individuals in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024.
Occurrence of tobacco use among women dropped the most - from 11% in 2010 to 6.6% in 2024.
For males, the decrease was from 41.4% in 2010 to 32.5% in 2024.
But 20% of adults internationally still consumes tobacco.
Tobacco use is linked to many illnesses, including cancer.
Specialists say vaping is significantly less dangerous than traditional cigarettes, and can help you stop smoking. It is not recommended for non-smokers.
Vaping devices eliminate burning tobacco and do not produce black substance or CO, a pair of the most dangerous substances in tobacco fumes. They contain nicotine, which can be dependency-creating.
