Professor Kevin Fenton, who performed the study, commented on the harmful effects of e-cigarettes.
E-cigarettes are not completely risk free but when compared to smoking, evidence shows they carry just a fraction of the harm.
The research discovered that e-cigarettes does not contain most chemicals present in tobacco products which causes diseases. The findings further emphasized that e-cigarettes are relatively 95% less harmful than other smoking substances.
Why is it banned in Singapore?
However, Singaporean smokers need to calm themselves down, because e-ciggs don’t seem to be reaching our shores anytime soon.
This is because the Ministry of Health (MOH) released a statement on 15 June 2015 that tobacco products not available in Singapore’s market will be banned from December this year.
Because in Singapore, everything must have statistics.
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While MOH and HPB have their reasons for not allowing e-cigarettes in Singapore, the new studies have proven that electronic alternatives are less harmful than other tobacco products.
Maybe these facts can be taken into consideration for the law against e-cigarettes to change. All e-cigarette fans can do is hope for the MOH to take a look at these new findings.