Monday 07/July/2025 – 01:30 AM
Doctors and health experts have warned of the escalation of a dangerous phenomenon that threatens the health of children and adolescents, which is the spread of content on social media that indirectly promotes the use of electronic cigarettes, and makes them look modern or a safer alternative than traditional smoking, at a time when studies indicate severe health consequences that may affect those under 12 years of age.
Social Media promotes dangerous habits that harm the health of children and adolescents
A study, conducted by the University of Queensland Australia, and included more than 20,000 American youth, found that the presence of friends smokes electronically increases the possibility of their tradition by about 15 times, and despite the decline in the rates of users from 31.6% in 2015 to 22.3% in 2021, the percentage is still high and anxious.
Researcher Jiang Fu stressed that this decrease may be due to the high rate of general condemnation towards this habit, after the emergence of waves of diseases and deaths associated with electronic smoking in recent years.
Nevertheless, the digital content is still a stimulating factor, as electronic smoking is filmed in videos on Tek Tok and others, as if it is part of a healthy or advanced lifestyle, a message described by experts as “misleading and dangerous.
On the other hand, a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine alerted the increasing use of teenagers for e -cigarettes that contain THC and CBD vehicles derived from hemp, as well as artificial hemp made in laboratories, materials that may cause severe damage, especially for children between 11 and 15 years.
Dr. Jack Chung of the National Center for Narcotics Control among young people said that some teenagers do not know the origin of the substance they use in these devices, which increases the risk of exposure to toxic substances such as acroline, which may lead to lung damage and heart disease.
Chung added, teenagers are more likely because their bodies and brains are still growing, making them more addictive and long -term health consequences.
While the report indicates that the parents’ refusal of these practices reduces the possibility of electronic smoking by 70%, the researchers call for a tougher control over digital content, as well as educational policies and awareness campaigns directed to protect the younger generations of this “destroyed hidden current”.
