WHO: Ban sale of e-cigarettes to minors

Governments should ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors because they pose a “serious threat” to fetuses and young people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. WHO also recommended that the cigarette-shaped electrical devices be banned from public indoor spaces “until exhaled vapor is proven to be not harmful to bystanders.” Manufacturers maintain e-cigarettes are safe and claim they can help smokers quit traditional cigarettes. But the UN health body stressed the lack of research backing up these claims, pointing to evidence that shows e-cigarette aerosol is not “merely vapor.”

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