KPAI: E-Cigarette Possibly Exposes Children to Illegal Drugs
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26 June 2019 12:17 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) commissioner for health and psychotropic drugs and addictive substances (NAPZA) field, Sitti Hikmawati, said that electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes increased the possibility of children to be exposed to illegal drugs and NAPZA.
“E-cigarette is a significant entrance gate [of children's exposure to drugs],” said Sitti when Antara reached on Wednesday, June 26.
Sitti explained e-cigarettes use or vaping cause harmful impacts on the body's health and children’s growth as other dangerous substances. She mentioned that vape user highly rose to 2.2 million people in 2019 from last year’s 1.2 million people.
Therefore, she asserted, the high number of vape users must be concerned as it also increased children’s exposure to smoking e-cigarettes, and a traditional tobacco cigarette as well. Even adults could be easily exposed.
“If adults are very exposed [to e-cigarette use], of course, children are more vulnerable,” she underlined.
Sitti went on to say that serious intervention from all parties is necessary to prevent children from being exposed to e-cigarettes and even keep them from becoming vape users.
ANTARA
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