According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Electronic cigarettes are not safe for youth, young adults, pregnant women, or adults who do not currently use tobacco products.
Additionally, the CDC states that there is no safe nicotine delivery product, and all nicotine delivery products carry a risk.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that electronic smoking devices not be used indoors, especially in smoke-free environments, in order to minimize the risk to bystanders of breathing in the aerosol emitted by the devices and to avoid undermining the enforcement of smoke-free laws.
E-cigarettes are now the most commonly used nicotine delivery product among youth, surpassing conventional cigarettes in 2014. E-cigarette use is strongly associated with the use of other tobacco products among youth and young adults, including cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products. E-cigarette use among youth and young adults has become a public health concern.
After testing a number of e-cigarettes from two leading
manufacturers, the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) determined that various samples
tested contained not only nicotine
but also detectable levels of known carcinogens and toxic chemicals, including tobacco-specific nitrosamines and diethylene glycol,
a toxic chemical used in antifreeze. The FDA’s testing
also suggested that “quality control
processes used to manufacture these products are inconsistent or non-existent.”
” E-cigarettes produce a vapor of undetermined and potentially harmful substances, which may appear like the smoke emitted
by traditional tobacco
products.
Accordingly, the Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health finds and declares that the purposes of this regulation are (1) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting vaping in public places and places of employment; and (2) to guarantee the right of individuals who do not vape to breathe vape free air, and to recognize that the need to breathe vape free air shall have priority over the desire to vape, and (3) to protect the public health and welfare by prohibiting vaping and the use of electronic cigarette devices in public places and places of employment,
- discourage youth from initiation of vaping thereby developing a nicotine addiction, (5) facilitate nicotine cessation by active smokers.
According to the Surgeon General of the United States, E-cigarettes are a rapidly emerging and diversified product class, these devices typically deliver flavorings, and other additives to users via an inhaled aerosol. These devices are referred to by a variety of names, including “e-cigs,” “e-hookahs,” “mods,” “vape pens,” “vapes,” and “tank systems.”