Cigarettes, by contrast, belong to industrialised modernity
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In the last few decades, campaigns have made it abundantly clear that they're bad for your health
Synthetic cannabinoids are solids or oils, which are added to dried herbs, vegetable matter or plant cuttings to make a smoking mixture
people can still use nicotine but they're not going to die from smoking."If it listed e-cigarettes as a tobacco product, the WHO would "preserve the position of cigarettes because it makes it harder or more difficult or less desirable to use e-cigarettes," he argued.The group of epidemiologists, oncologists, addiction experts and health policy specialists who signed the letter included Nigel Gray, a member of the WHO's special advisory committee on tobacco regulation, Michel Kazatchkine, a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and a "harm reduction" advocate, and African Medical Association president Kgosi Letlape.- Jury still out -A recent study of nearly 6,000 people who quit smoking in England between 2009 and 2014 found they were 60 times more likely to succeed using e-cigarettes than nicotine patches or gum, or going cold turkey.However, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association in March said e-cigarettes "did not significantly predict quitting one year later".In this grey zone, US regulators have proposed the first restrictions on its soaring $2 billion (1.5 billion-euro) e-cigarette market, with a minimum age limit and health warning labels.New York has banned them from restaurants, bars, parks, beaches and other public places.EU lawmakers have agreed to allow countries to restrict e-cigarette sales to pharmacies.The WHO says tobacco kills nearly six million people a year, and climbing.On its website, however, it says the world's estimated 1.3 billion smokers should be "strongly advised" not to turn to e-cigarettes until proven safe.The nicotine in e-cigarettes is typically contained in a propylene glycol liquid that is heated to create a vapour inhaled like smoke.Some e-liquids are free of nicotine, an addictive stimulant which can be toxic in large amounts."We know all these products perfectly and there is no health concern," said Jacques Le Houezec, a French consultant in tobacco dependence who co-signed the letter."We have observed no long-term effects."The WHO would not comment on the contents of the letter."We are
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