South Korea finds suspected vape lung disease, while UK continues to support vape
Suspected of vape-related lung disease in South Korea:
According to CCTV Finance reports, when the United States' vape "epidemic" has caused thousands of people with lung injury, more than 20 people died of the disease, and the number is still increasing, just yesterday, South Korea also found the first case Suspected cases of lung diseases such as cough and dyspnea caused by the use of liquid vape.
It is reported that the Korean patient has been smoking cigarettes before, and has continued to use liquid vape in the past 6 months. After the death of vape in the United States, the South Korean government advised domestic consumers last month not to use e -liquid. In addition, the Korean government has also released a comprehensive smoking ban policy this year, including the control of vape sales. These policies will go through the revision process of South Korean laws and are expected to be implemented from next year. Korean experts point out that since vape has only been available for more than ten years, there is no way to verify what problems will result from long-term use, so it should be used with caution. The patient's condition has improved.
UK continues to support vapes:
Recently, a study funded by the British Cancer Research and Charity showed that consumers who use vape have significantly increased their smoking cessation rates.
Detailed data from this study show that people who use vape as their means of quitting are about 95% more likely to succeed in quitting than consumers who are not using any quitting aids and trying to quit.
According to reports, this is the conclusion drawn by researchers in the past two years by collecting data on nearly 19,000 consumers in the UK from 2006 to 2018.