In a recent step against cancer-causing substances, Tobacco Control Division of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has circulated a notice to withdraw the amendments of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), Bill 2015 from the public domain for modification. The new expected modified amendments will include action against promoting E-cigarettes/Vaping devices, which are being sold as substitutes to cigarettes but are more harmful. However, various studies reflect that e-cigarettes/vapes will cause youth to start smoking conventional cigarettes within a year. The heat-up of nicotine solution during vaping converts it into DNA-damaging chemical and thus can put one at greater risk of cancer. HARMFUL EFFECTSE-cigarette smokers might have a higher risk than non-smokers of developing lung and bladder cancers and heart diseases.

Source: dna February 04, 2018 00:45 UTC