Alarming Statistics of Users Now Use E-Cigarettes, States Global Health Organization
More than 100 hundred million users, comprising at least 15 million children, now utilize e-cigarettes, driving a new surge of nicotine habit, per recent international medical data.
Youth are, usually, nine times more inclined than mature individuals to vape, per current worldwide statistics.
Vaping devices are driving a "recent wave" of nicotine habit, remarked a leading health expert. "They are promoted as damage limitation but, actually, are hooking youth on nicotine at younger ages and endanger undermining generations of progress."
Young People Being 'Aimed At'
"Millions of citizens are quitting, or not taking up tobacco usage because of tobacco restriction efforts by states across the globe," he stated.
"In response to this substantial progress, the tobacco industry is fighting back with novel nicotine items, forcefully aiming at adolescents. Administrations must take action more rapidly and more forcefully in applying established tobacco-control policies," he further stated.
The e-cigarette figures are an estimate since numerous countries - 109 in total, and many in Africa and South-East Asia - do not gather data.
Based on the report, as of this past February this year, at bare minimum 86 million e-cigarette individuals were mature individuals, primarily in wealthy countries.
And at bare minimum 15 million teenagers aged 13 and 15 presently vape, per studies from 123 countries.
While many nations have attempted to establish e-cigarette policies to tackle child vaping in the past few years, by the end of 2024, 62 states still had no policy in place, and 74 nations had no minimum age at which e-cigarettes may be acquired, reports the public health organization.
Simultaneously, tobacco usage has been dropping - from an estimated 1.38 billion individuals in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024.
Frequency of tobacco consumption among women dropped the greatest - from 11% in 2010 to 6.6% in 2024.
Among men, the drop was from 41.4% in 2010 to 32.5% in 2024.
But a fifth of adults globally yet consumes tobacco.
Smoking is linked to numerous diseases, such as cancer.
Experts say vaping is far less harmful than tobacco products, and can assist you stop smoking. It is not recommended for non-smokers.
Vaping devices avoid burning tobacco and do not produce resin or CO, a pair of the most damaging elements in tobacco vapors. They have nicotine, which can be dependency-creating.
