More than 1,500 Nghe An students were informed about the harmful effects of electronic cigarettes.

Attending the program were comrades: Nguyen Thi Ha - Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Le Xuan Son - Editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong Newspaper.

On the side of Nghe An province, there was comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Also attending were comrades in the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Dinh Hung - Chief of the Provincial Party Committee Office; Thai Van Thanh - Director of the Department of Education and Training; Le Van Luong - Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union; representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors; leaders of Nghi Loc district and more than 1,500 students from schools in Nghi Loc district.

Recently, a series of poisoning cases after smoking electronic cigarettes in all ages has sounded the alarm about a new type of cigarette that is even more harmful to users' health than traditional cigarettes. Meanwhile, the Law on Tobacco Prevention in Vietnam has no provisions regulating this new type of cigarette.

The Health Department warns: The common point of new generation drug poisoning cases (contained in electronic cigarettes) is a very serious condition with symptoms of convulsions, stimulation, struggle, hallucinations, uncontrolled behavior, damage to the brain and many other organs. Notably, previous drug test samples in electronic cigarettes often only detected one substance, not a mixture of three to four substances as recently.

The Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund (Ministry of Health) reported: Vietnam is still one of the 15 countries with the highest number of adult male smokers in the world. Worryingly, the rate of e-cigarette smoking among adults has increased 18 times (from 0.2% in 2015 to 3.6% in 2020).

According to the survey, the situation of traditional cigarette use among students aged 13-15 in Vietnam, the smoking rate in the age group of 13-15 years old decreased from 2.5% (in 2014) to 1.9% (in 2022). Meanwhile, the 2019 survey of the World Health Organization, the rate of electronic cigarette use among students in Vietnam was 2.6%; in 2022 this rate was 3.5%.

The communication program "Prevention and control of the harmful effects of tobacco, e-cigarettes and new addictive substances" is a practical activity that contributes to the propaganda and raising awareness of union members and young people about the risks and harmful effects of tobacco and e-cigarettes. Thereby, building a healthy lifestyle and a smoke-free environment for young people.

At the program, experts and students exchanged, discussed and discussed solutions to strengthen coordination between the Youth Union and the Young Pioneers at all levels with schools and families in student management, preventing students from falling into social evils. Timely grasp information, early detect students who use tobacco and electronic cigarettes to have timely preventive and stopping measures.

Especially conveying the message "say no to cigarettes, e-cigarettes, new addictive substances" in the school environment, wishing to include e-cigarettes in the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms...

At the program, the Organizing Committee had students sign a commitment not to use tobacco, electronic cigarettes and new addictive substances and awarded 20 scholarships to students of Nguyen Duy Trinh High School.