Young generation and new generation of cigarettes: How to "say no" to protect health

Medical experts and schools are speaking out to warn and give advice to help young people firmly say “No” to new generation cigarettes to protect themselves and the community.

In fact, many students are enticed to try e-cigarettes due to peer pressure, and even in the lecture hall area, some students use this product.

Students need to remember, do not try, do not be curious, do not experiment with any type of tobacco, including new generation tobacco.

Secretary of the Hanoi Law University Youth Union, Mr. Tran Trong Dai shared that it is not accurate to say that students do not use e-cigarettes at all. However, on campus, images of students using e-cigarettes are very rare.

The majority of the school’s students are female, which is also an advantage that helps keep the rate of tobacco and e-cigarette use on campus very low. However, when leaving campus, there are still some students using e-cigarettes.

After the National Assembly officially passed the regulation banning electronic cigarettes, the School proactively promoted propaganda and dissemination to all students.

“We call on every union member and student to join hands to push back the harmful effects of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, contributing to building a safe, healthy and smoke-free school environment,” Mr. Dai emphasized.

When asked about how to tactfully refuse when being invited to use electronic cigarettes, Master Tran Trong Dai said that currently many students are being invited and enticed to try electronic cigarettes just because they are curious or do not know how to tactfully refuse.

To prevent this, the School and the Youth Union always focus on organizing many useful activities such as sports, clubs, and volunteering, to create a healthy environment, helping students proactively train themselves and limit idle time that is easily affected negatively.

Instead of gathering for coffee, chatting and being tempted to try e-cigarettes, students should spend time on positive activities taking place right on campus, where there are many opportunities to connect, develop skills and live healthy.

More importantly, students need to remember not to try, not to be curious, not to experiment with any type of cigarette, including new generation cigarettes. Once addicted, it will be very difficult to turn back. Being alert and proactively refusing from the beginning is the smartest and most civilized way to protect yourself.

Many students, due to pressure from studying, exams or stress in life, easily turn to electronic cigarettes as a way to "relieve". In this situation, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong from the Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund (Ministry of Health) said that there are many people who do not smoke but still do their jobs very well.

The Fund has coordinated with organizations to organize many activities and competitions such as student compositions on TikTok to build a smoke-free environment together, running races, No Tobacco Week, etc. Therefore, students can join together to replace bad habits with healthier activities."

Regarding the product of cigarettes with press-on tips, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong explained that they are essentially still regular cigarettes, the only difference is that flavoring is added to the filter tip. This addition does not reduce the harmful effects but can increase the attractiveness, making users more susceptible to dependence.

When talking about Shisha, a product that is often spread online with the perception that it is less toxic than cigarettes, Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thu Phuong, Bach Mai Hospital, affirmed that this view is wrong.

Shisha uses herbs and flavorings to create smoke, but the chemical composition is unclear and may even contain toxins or drugs. Using shisha can cause hallucinations, brain dysfunction, and seriously affect mental and physical health.

In particular, the popular essential oils that are used today are similar to shisha, most of which contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance, increasing the risk of dependence. In addition to affecting the respiratory system, the ingredients in essential oils can also have a negative impact on reproductive health, especially for adolescents and women.

Regarding the initial signs of diseases caused by tobacco, Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thu Phuong shared that when smoking, the first organ directly exposed to cigarette smoke is the respiratory tract, including the upper respiratory tract such as the nose and throat and the lower respiratory tract such as the bronchi and lungs.

Cigarette smoke passes through the nose and mouth and into the lungs, where the chemicals quickly enter the bloodstream and spread throughout the body through the circulatory system.

With more than 7,000 toxic chemicals, cigarettes can cause a series of acute diseases, typically rhinopharyngitis and sinusitis.

If used for a long time, smokers are at risk of serious diseases such as tongue cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer, chronic bronchitis, acute bronchial asthma and especially lung cancer. Statistics show that up to 90% of people with lung cancer have a history of active smoking or passive smoking.

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