Recently, in Hue City, Thua Thien - Hue Province, many high school students had to be hospitalized after emergency after smoking electronic cigarettes.This situation raises the alarm of student health threatened because of the "technology tobacco" to enroll in the school.

Hospitalization because of liking to show

The number of students mentioned above grade 12 of Nguyen Hue High School, during the school hours, appeared many abnormal health signs such as fatigue, shortness of breath, and re -face.Checked out by the school health room, then moved to the emergency hospital, the health gradually recovered and returned to the school.

Not long ago, in Ho Chi Minh City there was a similar incident.A 9th grade male student Le Quy Don Secondary School (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City) brought electronic cigarettes into the school for a 7th grade student to use.After use, this male student was dizzy, pale, and had to be taken to the 2 emergency pediatric hospital.

The cases of electronic cigarette poisoning among students are not uncommon.There have been a series of cases of students going to emergency related to "technology tobacco" in recent years.

According to Mr. Dinh Van Trinh, Principal of Nguyen Hien Secondary School (District 12, Ho Chi Minh City), the number of students who like to show and addiction to electronic cigarettes is increasing.Even the number of female students smoking electronic smoking is higher than male students.Electronic cigarettes are invading schools that affect the health and lifestyle of students.Last year, the school discovered that many students using electronic cigarettes asked to write a report and invite parents to work.This year, the school thoroughly grasped with students from the beginning of the school year, offering strict rules, strengthening the propaganda organization, so the situation of students smoking electronic cigarettes in the school was basically controlled."The school can only manage students in the school campus. To prevent new cigarette addiction, it is necessary to have a close coordination between the school, family, society and departments" - TeacherTrinh said.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, the Harm prevention fund of tobacco harms - Ministry of Health, the rate of smoking traditional cigarettes decreased but the number of users of electronic cigarettes increased.In particular, the number of new women smoking is increasing.The latest statistics show that 9th grade students use the highest electronic cigarettes (10.4%), followed by 8th grade students (9.1%).The rate of using electronic cigarettes in students (13-15 years old) increased significantly, from 3.5% in 2022 to 8% in 2023. "The efforts in reducing the rate of cigarette use in Vietnam in VietnamMen in nearly 10 years will be at risk of being destroyed by increasing the use of electronic cigarettes " - Ms. Huong warned.

The number is startled

Many people use cigarettes that the use of electronic cigarettes, heated cigarettes will help them reduce smoking cigarettes, gradually giving up the use of cigarettes.However, according to Ms. Huong, electronic cigarettes, heated cigarettes do not have the effect of reducing or detoxification as the tobacco industry claims.These cigarettes contain nicotine - high addictive substances, harmful to health, especially brain development in children and adolescents;There are toxic and cancer chemicals."It is impossible to use another addictive product to reduce the harmful effects of cigarettes. This is no different from creating a new generation of addicts" - Ms. Huong warned.

Dr. Nguyen Trung Nguyen, Director of the Anti-Poison Control Center-Bach Mai Hospital (Hanoi), said that in more than 120 hospitalized cases, the use of electronic cigarettes (from January 2002 to October to October-2023), 51.7% show signs of emotional, mental, agitated, hallucinent, paranoia, and uncontrolled behavior.Cigarettes have a Nicotine content of 1.5%-2%, highest 3%(for heavy addicts, sucking 2 packs/day).With electronic cigarettes, there are 2 types of nicotine concentrations of 3% and 5%.However, the reality shows that the concentration is much higher than the parameters indicated on the packaging.The new generation electronic cigarette products contain very large amounts of nicotine, in the form of crystal powder, less respiratory irritation, so users can suck more.It is estimated that every adult to abandon electronic cigarettes will have 80 more adolescents addicted to this cigarette.

"Electronic cigarettes begin to tend to abuse. Long time leads to addiction, exposure of synthetic chemicals that people cannot control. From there, many new diseases arise" - Dr. Nguyen NguyenRecommendation.

According to Ho Hong Hai, Deputy Director of the Legal Department - Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam is appearing in many conditions to take advantage of electronic cigarettes and heated cigarettes to circulate and use illegal drugs.The Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm has been effective since 2013 has helped the use of traditional cigarettes greatly improved.However, since the new tobacco appeared, many legal gaps have been revealed.

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