Doctors urge WHO: Embrace e-cigarette

The world commemorates the World No Tobacco Day on May 30 with doctors and experts urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to embrace e-cigarette as a life saver. The tar-free, electronic alternative could help prevent much of the cancer, heart and lung disease and strokes caused by the toxins in traditional cigarettes, the 50-odd experts wrote to WHO chief Margaret Chan. E-cigarettes are banned in some countries like Brazil and Singapore and face increasingly strict restrictions in other countries amid uncertainty about their long-term health effects. WHO exercise leadership and guide global and national approaches to e-cigarettes, the group said.

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