Hospitalisations on the rise among young people due to increasing popularity of vaping
The smoking rate among male students increased from 3.6 percent to 4.3 percent and from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent in female students.
On November 18, three male students in grade 12 of Thanh Đa High School, HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District, also showed unusual physical symptoms such as discomfort, shortness of breath, and fainting after using the e-cigarettes.
In early November, a secondary school male student was taken to the National Children’s Hospital in a state of panic with difficulty breathing and convulsions after using the product.
Nguyễn Thị Thu Hương, an official from the Vietnam Tobacco Control Fund, Ministry of Health, said a recent study showed that the e-cigarette smoking rate among students in Việt Nam increased from 2.6 percent in 2019 to 3.5 percent in 2021.
The smoking rate among male students increased from 3.6 percent to 4.3 percent and from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent in female students.
The percentage of students who had ever tried an e-cigarette was 7.8 percent.
Trần Thị Trang, Deputy Director of the Legal Affairs Department at the Ministry of Health, said the ministry has proposed banning all new tobacco products, in line with the trend in regional countries and the world.
Deputy Director of the HCM City’s Market Management Department, Nguyễn Tiến Đạt, affirmed that at present, there are no regulations regarding licensing cigarette sales at stores.
In 2020-2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging, the unit discovered many violations related to new-generation tobacco products.
In 2022 alone, 940 new-generation tobacco-related products were discovered.
In early November, police in Tam Nông District, Phú Thọ Province, apprehended a man in possession of synthetic drugs in the form of e-cigarettes.
He confessed to purchasing e-cigarettes and e-liquids via social networks for local consumption.
All seized e-liquids contained the ADB-Butinaca, an ingredient in some synthetic cannabis products.
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