There are more than 7,000 different flavors available on the market
As per the 4 th edition 2021 WHO Global Report on Trends in Prevalence of Tobacco Use 2000-2025, the South-East Asia Region has achieved the fastest rate of decline in the use of tobacco
Among these are increased penalties for selling tobacco products to children, a complete ban on the use of vending machines to sell tobacco and vaping products, and prohibiting smoking paraphernalia, such as bongs and hookahs, from being displayed in retail stores where they can be seen in or from a public place
Michael Siegel, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health and a career anti-smoking researcher, notes that this obsession with minor differences represents a curious role reversal, with cigarette companies now reminding regulators that "indeed all cigarettes are hazardous and there is no such thing as a safer cigarette." "My opinion is that most, if not all of the substantial equivalence applications involve minor changes that have no substantial bearing on altering the public health significance or impact of the products," says Siegel