New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of Mexico
The new tobacco products that include electronic cigarettes (called “E Cig”, “e-hookahs”, “mods”, “vape-pens”), electronic nicotine delivery systems (SEAN, Spanish acronym), similar systems without nicotine (SSSN, Spanish acronym) and alternative nicotine consumption systems (SACN, Spanish acronim),...
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doaj-9b4ed17e3cc2446898e63959e8a68baa2020-11-25T00:15:25ZengInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaSalud Pública de México0036-36341606-79162018-09-01605, sep-oct59860410.21149/968216579New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of MexicoLuz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu0Inti Barrientos-Gutiérrez1Luis Zavala-Arciniega2Edna Arillo-Santillán3Instituto Nacional de Salud PublicaInstituto Nacional de Salud PublicaInstituto Nacional de Salud PublicaInstituto Nacional de Salud PublicaThe new tobacco products that include electronic cigarettes (called “E Cig”, “e-hookahs”, “mods”, “vape-pens”), electronic nicotine delivery systems (SEAN, Spanish acronym), similar systems without nicotine (SSSN, Spanish acronym) and alternative nicotine consumption systems (SACN, Spanish acronim), are positioned in the global market with a discourse of harm reduction and risk minimization. This manuscript summarizes the scientific evidence and present a regulatory proposal for this technological innovation, oriented to guide the decision making of legislators, government institutions and organized civil society. The scientific evidence concludes that there is no safe tobacco product for health, the addictive nature of nicotine and the health damages for children, adolescents and pregnant women is the fundamental argument. These new products promote the transition to conventional cigarettes and have not shown efficacy for smoking cessation, on the contrary, they promote dual use. High-level regulation must be formulated without the intervention of the manufacturers or institutions with a conflict of interest in the context of the complete and integral World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control implementation.http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/9682cigarrillos electrónicosSistemas Electrónicos de Liberación de Nicotinaconsumo de tabacoefectos adver-sosprevención y controllegislación y jurisprudenciaMéxico |
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Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu Inti Barrientos-Gutiérrez Luis Zavala-Arciniega Edna Arillo-Santillán New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of Mexico Salud Pública de México cigarrillos electrónicos Sistemas Electrónicos de Liberación de Nicotina consumo de tabaco efectos adver-sos prevención y control legislación y jurisprudencia México |
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Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu Inti Barrientos-Gutiérrez Luis Zavala-Arciniega Edna Arillo-Santillán |
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Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu |
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New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of Mexico |
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New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of Mexico |
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New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of Mexico |
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New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of Mexico |
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New tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of Mexico |
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new tobacco products, a threat for tobacco control and public health of mexico |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
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Salud Pública de México |
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0036-3634 1606-7916 |
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2018-09-01 |
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The new tobacco products that include electronic cigarettes (called “E Cig”, “e-hookahs”, “mods”, “vape-pens”), electronic nicotine delivery systems (SEAN, Spanish acronym), similar systems without nicotine (SSSN, Spanish acronym) and alternative nicotine consumption systems (SACN, Spanish acronim), are positioned in the global market with a discourse of harm reduction and risk minimization. This manuscript summarizes the scientific evidence and present a regulatory proposal for this technological innovation, oriented to guide the decision making of legislators, government institutions and organized civil society. The scientific evidence concludes that there is no safe tobacco product for health, the addictive nature of nicotine and the health damages for children, adolescents and pregnant women is the fundamental argument. These new products promote the transition to conventional cigarettes and have not shown efficacy for smoking cessation, on the contrary, they promote dual use. High-level regulation must be formulated without the intervention of the manufacturers or institutions with a conflict of interest in the context of the complete and integral World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control implementation. |
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cigarrillos electrónicos Sistemas Electrónicos de Liberación de Nicotina consumo de tabaco efectos adver-sos prevención y control legislación y jurisprudencia México |
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