The FDA has just announced a sweeping change in its policy regarding e-cigarettes and vaping products.
In a press release issued this morning, the administration outlined its plan to focus on reducing usage of combustible cigarettes and tobacco, in turn loosening restrictive rules laid out just last year, that could have wiped out most vaping products (“eliquid”). The health impact of vaping has been a hot topic in recent years, but an increasing amount of studies are showing that e-cigarettes are not only an effective way out of smoking but a considerably less harmful one. The UK’s Royal College of Physicians (the same agency that confirmed the cancer risk of tobacco in the 60’s) recently advised the UK Government to promote the use of e-cigarettes (along with conventional nicotine replacement methods) “as widely as possible as a substitute for smoking.”
FDA、電子タバコおよび関連製品に関する政策変更を発表
今朝発表されたプレスリリースでは、可燃性のたばことタバコの使用量削減に焦点を当て、昨年策定された緩和ルールを改め、ほとんどの製品を一掃する計画を明らかにした。近年、健康への影響は注目されていますが、電子タバコは喫煙よりは、有害物質がはるかに少ないことが研究によって明らかになっています。英国王立医科大学（60年代のタバコのがんリスクを確認した同じ機関）は、英国政府に対し、（従来のニコチン置換方法と同様に）電子タバコで可能な限り代替することを勧告。
https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/28/fda-change-of-heart-about-e-cigarettes/