(Newswire.net — invalid date) –New York Government announced that they will ban e-cigarettes in public indoor spaces, along with real ones made with tobacco, which are already banned.
New York was one of the first US states to ban cigarettes in indoor public spaces in 2003. Now, the Governor Andrew Mark Cuomo signed a statute that bans e-cigarettes, vaping pens and e-hookahs.
The ban goes into effect in 30 days, and New York will become the 11th US state to ban e-cigarettes indoors.
Electronic devices used to mimic smoking tobacco contain a nicotine-based liquid that is vaporized. They are marketed as less damaging substitutes to traditional tobacco cigars and cigarettes, but they also carry long-term risks to the health of users and people around them, especially for children.
It is still unknown in which way the consumption of electronic cigarettes affects health, because their use began relatively recently, so there was not enough time to explore long-term effects.
But, according to a research letter published in the Journal of The American College of Cardiology, electronic cigarettes may increase aortic stiffness and blood pressure in young adults.
That’s why The American College of Cardiology has demanded stricter regulations for the use of e-cigarettes, the ban on sale to minors and the restriction of advertising.
The World Health Organization warned in 2008 that there was no proven scientific evidence that electronic cigarettes are safe and that they help smokers to quit smoking.
E-cigarettes, as well as classical cigarettes, release nicotine, and the concentration in vapors is most commonly identical to that of conventional cigarettes.
Electronic cigarettes have become popular since restrictions on the consumption of tobacco cigarettes have been tightened.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. This is about one in five deaths annually, or 1,300 deaths every day. On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.