On July 2nd news, according to foreign news reports, South Africa’s tobacco products and electronic delivery system control bill was first announced in May last year by the Deputy Minister of Health Joe Phaahla and is currently under review. The bill introduces stricter e-cigarette regulations and restricts the use, marketing and sales of certain tobacco products in South Africa. In addition, it will develop a clause that allows the government to implement a 100% public cigarette ban.

In fact, the vast majority of studies that show that e-cigarettes are effective for smoking cessation are conducted by public health institutions independent of e-cigarettes or worse, the tobacco industry. The downside of the bill is that it does not recognize the relative benefits of tobacco harm reduction products such as e-cigarettes, and will supervise them in the same way as regular cigarettes.

Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, director of the African Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research Center at Sefako Makgatho University of Health Sciences, supports this initiative. He said that local research refutes the claim that the product is manufactured by the e-cigarette industry, demonstrating the relative safety of the product.

He introduced a number of studies jointly conducted by the African Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research Center, the University of Pretoria and the Medical Research Council of South Australia (MRC), which reportedly show that more than 95% of e-cigarette users continue to smoke Only a few people successfully quit smoking for more than six months. This research has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

"Although the tobacco and e-cigarette industries like to position e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids, these products have limited effectiveness in long-term smoking cessation, health hazards associated with use, and the industry’s clear and targeted marketing to young people. "Ayo-Yusuf said.

At the same time, countless studies from all over the world show that the opposite is true. In addition, contrary to Ayo-Yusuf's allegations, most studies contrary to his findings were conducted by public health agencies independent of e-cigarettes or worse, the tobacco industry.

In fact, PHE (Public Health England)’s seventh independent report on e-cigarettes in the United Kingdom emphasized the following points:

E-cigarettes are the most popular aid used by smokers who are trying to quit in the UK in 2020 (27.2%)

More than 50,000 smokers used e-cigarettes to quit smoking in 2017

38% of smokers believe that e-cigarettes are as harmful as smoking, and 15% believe that e-cigarettes are more harmful.

Commenting on the PHE report, Michael Randall, the head of the World Electronic Cigarette Alliance (WVA), said that those who continue to vilify e-cigarettes are only refuting scientific data.

"Today's report from the Public Health Department of the United Kingdom is good news for e-cigarette users. We further confirm that e-cigarettes are a way to quit smoking. Those who continue to claim e-cigarettes are the gateway to smoking should spend time reading science. Listen Science is a lot of what we have heard recently in COVID, but hope that those who continue to criticize e-cigarettes will do so this time. They cannot continue to choose the science that suits them."

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