Worrying Figures of Individuals Now Use E-Cigarettes, Warns Global Health Organization
In excess of 100 million individuals, comprising at least 15 million children, presently employ e-cigarettes, driving a new surge of nicotine addiction, according to current international medical findings.
Youth are, usually, nine times more likely than mature individuals to engage in vaping, based on current global figures.
Electronic cigarettes are fueling a "fresh wave" of nicotine habit, commented a prominent health official. "They are promoted as risk reduction but, actually, are hooking children on nicotine earlier and endanger weakening years of improvement."
Adolescents Being 'Focused On'
"Millions of individuals are ceasing, or avoiding tobacco usage due to tobacco control efforts by states around the planet," he said.
"In response to this substantial advancement, the tobacco industry is pushing back with novel nicotine devices, actively targeting adolescents. Governments must take action quicker and stronger in applying established tobacco-control measures," the representative added.
The vaping statistics are an estimate since several states - 109 in sum, and many in African and Asian regions - do not gather data.
Per the report, as of this past February this year, at least 86 million e-cigarette consumers were mature individuals, primarily in developed countries.
And at bare minimum 15 million adolescents aged 13 and 15 already engage in vaping, per surveys from 123 countries.
While many states have tried to introduce e-cigarette policies to tackle youth vaping in recent years, by the close of 2024, 62 states even now had no measure in effect, and 74 states had no minimum age at which e-cigarettes may be bought, says the medical authority.
Simultaneously, tobacco usage has been dropping - from an estimated 1.38 billion individuals in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024.
Frequency of tobacco consumption among females dropped the largest - from 11% in 2010 to 6.6% in 2024.
For males, the decrease was from 41.4% in 2010 to 32.5% in 2024.
But one in five of adults globally even now consumes tobacco.
Tobacco use is connected to several conditions, such as cancer.
Experts claim vaping is considerably less dangerous than cigarettes, and can help you quit smoking. It is advised against for those who don't smoke.
Vaping devices avoid burning tobacco and avoid generating resin or toxic gas, a pair of the most harmful substances in tobacco vapors. They contain nicotine, which can be dependency-creating.
