Mothers Against Vaping hails ban on vaping, new-age gateway devices

Belgium has become 1st EU nation to ban sale of disposable vapes to prevent nicotine addiction among youth

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NEW DELHI: Mothers Against Vaping, a united front of mothers combating the vaping crisis among our youth, has lauded the governments of Vietnam, Maldives and Belgium for taking definite steps to ban and restrict new-age gateway devices in their respective countries.

Experts, including doctors and child psychologists, also have supported these bans and have brought out the dangerous potency of the new-age gateway devices like vapes, e-cigarettes and electronic heat-not-burn devices on the health of children and youth.

Dr Rajesh Gupta, Additional Director Pulmonology and Critical Care, Fortis Healthcare Noida said vapes and different kinds of e-cigarettes are highly efficient at delivering nicotine into the body of the inhaler.

"When an e-cigarette is used, the nicotine vapour is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. This triggers the release of dopamine, the brain's pleasure chemical, which reinforces and sustains the addiction," Dr Gupta said.