Alert: young people, those who use electronic cigarettes the most
Is the electronic cigarette a formula to stop smoking? Or the opposite? The first is not proven, and the second seems to become real: according to a study published recently, young people are the most used electronic cigarettes, and many of them do it without having tried the "real tobacco" before.
Although this product was born as a 'imitationWith or without tobacco nicotine, the truth is that experts have always warned of the same thing: it is not something innocuous and it is best not to take anything: no electronic cigarette, or any kind. The data shows that, although the 'boom' of these objects has already passed, they are still very common.
The electronic cigarette in Spain
The study, prepared during 2014 and published in 2016, points out that the electronic cigarette is not very present in Spain, but its incidence is especially noticeable among young people. In addition, it provides a worrying data: one in four current users of this product had not smoked before, so they call for the regularization of these devices "to avoid a possible entry point to the use of nicotine products".
The work, prepared with a sample of 1016 people from 16 and 76 years, has found that one in ten citizens has used this product at some time in their lives. Among the habitual consumers, it is worth noting that more than half (57.6%) combine it with conventional tobacco cigarettes, 28% I had never smoked and less than 15 percent were ex-smokers.
The dangers of electronic cigarettes
The fashion of the vapeadores has been extinguished, but they are still products with a certain degree of dangerousness that should not be normalized in Spanish society, much less among our young people. "In our study we observed that the prevalence of never-smokers was higher among current users (28%) of electronic cigarettes and among experimenters (25.6%) compared to those who used them in the past, and these never-smokers belonged to the younger age group ( 18-45 years), "explain the authors.
These figures leave little room for doubt: electronic cigarettes, far from helping to stop smoking, are helping young people get hooked on these harmful substances. For them, it is part of everyone's responsibility to teach children and adolescents that they are products as harmful as conventional cigarettes, so their use should not go through their heads.
How to prevent smoking in children
In this article we already talked about the importance of parents when it comes to teaching their children not to smoke. These are some keys:
1. The example of parents is essential.
2. Parents must teach children to say 'no'.
3. If you smoke, never do it in front of your children.
4. Explain the negative consequences of tobacco: both internal (cancer) and external (nails, teeth, smell).
5. Talk to your children about the evils of tobacco forever.
Damián Montero
