National body warns public about health risks from e-cigarettes in report
The report reads there is limited evidence that freebase nicotine e-cigarettes are an effective aid for quitting smoking when used in the clinical setting. Photo: vaping360/flickr
Tweet 
Share
The Georgian National Centre for Disease Control on Thursday published the results of the latest report of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population on electronic cigarette-related risks for health, issuing warnings on increased risk of lung damage, cardiovascular diseases and cancer associated with the product.
The report reads there is limited evidence that freebase nicotine e-cigarettes are an effective aid for quitting smoking when used in the clinical setting
Use of e-cigarettes by smokers trying to quit is likely to lead to greater long-term exposure to nicotine than the use of other smoking cessation measures. There is limited evidence that ex-smokers using e-cigarettes are around twice as likely to relapse to smoking as ex-smokers not using e-cigarettes,” the report said.
The report also identified risks of e-cigarettes include addiction, intentional and unintentional poisoning, acute nicotine toxicity, including seizures, burns and injuries, lung injuries, dual use with cigarette smoking and other risks.
The National Centre for the Disease Control of Georgia on Monday condemned a Tbilisi-hosted meeting involving international tobacco producer Philip Morris as a “tobacco promotion” event under the guise of harm reduction discussion.
The number of adults who smoke cigarettes in Georgia hsa decreased from 31 to 28.2 per cent in Georgia in the last four years, reports the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The law on tobacco control now stipulates that any individual smoking in public indoor places in Georgia will now be fined, reports the Tobacco Control Alliance.
Smoking is only allowed at a person’s own home, prisons, licensed cigar bars, casinos, airport transit zones and outside. Smoking is only allowed at a person’s own home, prisons, licensed cigar bars, casinos, airport transit zones and outside.