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Electronic fags could be toxic

Source: The Australian (au)
Date: September 19, 2008

THE World Health Organisation warned today that "electronic cigarettes", which claim to be a nicotine replacement therapy, could be highly poisonous.

"It's 100 per cent false to affirm this is a therapy for smokers to quit," WHO anti-tobacco official Douglas Bettcher said.

"There are a number of chemical additives in the product which could be very toxic."

Electronic cigarettes are usually made of stainless steel and have a chamber for storing liquid nicotine in various concentrations. Users puff on them as they would a real cigarette but do not light them - rather the cigarettes produce a fine, heated mist which is absorbed into the lungs.

The WHO is particularly aggrieved that some manufacturers have implied the organisation views it as a legitimate nicotine replacement therapy, like nicotine gum, lozenges and patches.

"Manufacturers of this electronic cigarette around the world have included WHO's name or logo, for example on their website, on package inserts or on advertisements," Mr Bettcher said.

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