Safety of electronic cigarettes

About 40% of young people (between 15 and 29 years old) in Bulgaria smoke traditional cigarettes practically every day, including 14% of young people under the age of 18 who are smokers. This is shown by a sociological survey by "Gallup International Balkan" commissioned by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, conducted in October.

US health authorities have identified the ingredient in the electronic cigarettes that causes lung illnesses, world agencies reported.

The Turkish government intends to ban the sale and import of e-cigarettes, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced, BTA reported.

The matter will be discussed in Parliament.

The first e-cigarette death case in Los Angeles has been registered. This is the fourth such fatal incident in the United States in two weeks, BNT reported.

The local health department issued warnings to all consumers of such products. It is not yet known what is the exact cause of the lung injury of the deceased.

Electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated, the WHO said. It also warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their deadly habit. 

The makers of products that constitute alternatives to cigarettes have blasted the government for putting heated tobacco products, such as Glo and IQOS, and electronic cigarettes in the same category as conventional cigarettes in an urgent bill debated on Wednesday in Parliament.