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While anti-tobacco campaigns person reduced smoking among galore aged people, the usage of baccy and nicotine products has accrued among children and young adults, said R. Narasimhan, Chairman, Respiratory Research Foundation of India and Senior Respiratory Physician astatine Apollo Hospitals.
Addressing the media connected World No Tobacco Day 2026 astatine the Chennai Press Club connected Friday (May 29, 2026), Dr. Narasimhan expressed interest implicit the increasing addiction to vaping among youngsters. He said charismatic flavours, stylish designs, and catchy advertisements are drafting teenagers towards e-cigarettes and vaping products. He warned that vaping tin origin inflammation, chronic obstructive pulmonary illness (COPD), lung cancer, asthma, and imperishable lung harm owed to vulnerability to harmful chemicals and nicotine.
Dr. Narasimhan stressed that e-cigarettes are not a safer alternate to tobacco. Treatment for smoking-related lung diseases is expensive, and obtaining security sum for specified treatments is often difficult.
He urged the authorities to forestall the merchantability of vaping products adjacent schools and successful tiny shops accessible to children. He added that anti-nicotine products that are non-addictive, on with counselling, whitethorn assistance radical discontinue smoking, but beardown willpower remains indispensable to flooded addiction and physique a tobacco-free society.
