2023-10-11 09:31:16
The tobacco company is preaching for its own sake, as we will have understood. But what do health organizations think of excise duties on electronic cigarettes? Is this also good news for her?
The thing is more subtle: according to a study by Sciensano, nine out of ten people who use e-cigarettes have previously smoked traditional cigarettes. These products are therefore clearly useful for smoking cessation. But these so-called “alternative” products also present health dangers. For the Belgian Cancer Foundation, everything is a question of dosage.
Sophie Adam, tobacco spokesperson for the Cancer Foundationto remind Rachel Crivellaro: “This taxation must still remain a little lower compared to the taxation of tobacco products, because the electronic cigarette can be of interest in the context of smoking cessation. Especially since it is still established that we smokes more in less advantaged environments. And therefore, there is indeed a risk of dissuading people from switching to electronic cigarettes if we make them too expensive, even as part of cessation assistance.” And the spokesperson for the Foundation made it clear: “It is only in this context that the electronic cigarette can be of interest”
Even if to a lesser extent, these alternative products remain, it should be noted, harmful to health. Furthermore, in the opposite direction, it is also estimated that in the medium term they can encourage people to switch to traditional cigarettes.
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