Claims vaping is alternative to smoking pernicious health risk

THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION has banned the smoking of electronic cigarettes in public areas. Guangming Daily comments:

E-cigarette promoters claim that the "high-tech" gadgets do not contain tar or produce particulate matter, as if smoking e-cigarettes does no harm to health. And many people, including nonsmokers, buy the idea. Some smokers even use e-cigarettes as an aid to give up smoking.

In fact, plenty of studies have proved that e-cigarettes are no different from traditional cigarettes when it comes to perniciousness, as both contain nicotine, the addictive and noxious chemical that develops smokers' dependence on tobacco.