Council bans smoking, vaping in Saskatoon parks

Practically all of the adults in Britain who are now using e-cigarettes are smokers who are using the devices to try to quit smoking, and only 2 percent of youths were regular users.

The question of whether e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking is hotly debated.

The study comes a day after The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released a conflicting report, which found that students who used electronic cigarettes were more likely to start smoking cigarettes, cigars and hookahs.

“Renaming e-cigarettes is a silly idea”.

And data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre found showed that nearly a quarter of 15 year olds in Wigan have smoked at some point in their lives, but many of them smoking real cigarettes and not vapers.

The original measure to raise the tobacco age stalled in the legislature but was revived for this special session healthcare and was approved by the new Senate Committee on Public Health and Developmental Services.

Although e-cigarettes are probably safer than tobacco cigarettes, the estimate of 95% is probably too high, Eriksen said.

The study doesn’t prove that electronic cigarettes are a “gateway drug” but some doctors say it bolsters arguments that the devices should be strictly regulated as proposed by the Food and Drug Administration.

“But I think (the report) is overstating the evidence that e-cigarettes are a miracle for cessation”, Eriksen said.

AN East Lancashire businessman has criticised the findings of a report from Government health officials which says Global Positioning System should be able to prescribe e-cigarettes on the NHS.

Available for almost a decade, e-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that turn nicotine-containing liquid into vapor that is inhaled.

The researchers considered traits that might make teens more likely to use tobacco, including impulsiveness, delinquent behavior and parents’ smoking habits.

The restrictions come into place immediately, and Council will look to make changes to the No Smoking Policy to include e-cigarettes. Until then, the society recommends traditional methods to people who want to quit smoking such as nicotine patches and chewing gums.

She said: “Over 100,000 people die from smoking-related disease every year in the UK“.