This policy address is the second policy address under Carrie Lam's tenure. When summarizing the work of the past year, she pointed out that since she took office, she and her team have actively governed with a caring, listening, and action attitude, and have achieved fruitful results in consolidating Hong Kong's status as an international financial center and promoting the development of innovative technology.
Differences of opinion should not be a stumbling block to Hong Kong's progress, she said. The SAR government needs to make decisions and take corresponding actions. As long as it is clearly in the public interest, the SAR government should deal with it in a timely and bold manner. Of particular concern to the US media is the policy report's reference to plans to ban e-cigarettes across the board.
The Associated Press noted that e-cigarettes often contain the stimulant nicotine, and that there has been little research on their long-term effects, including whether they actually help smokers quit. In recent years, U.S. health officials have been alarmed by rising rates of teenage vaping. They worry that people will become addicted to e-cigarettes and be more likely to try rolling cigarettes.
At the beginning of the birth of electronic cigarettes, they were marketed under the banner of "artifacts for smoking cessation", providing non-burning nicotine, such as vapors without harmful tar or carbon monoxide. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has questioned its effectiveness in quitting smoking. The main ingredients in some e-cigarettes include nicotine, propylene glycol, possibly glycerin and flavorings, according to the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health.
The liquids used in e-cigarettes and their emissions also contain other chemicals, some of which are considered toxic. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), e-cigarettes have been confirmed to contain carcinogens such as acrylonitrile and propylene oxide. Earlier, the committee commissioned Hong Kong Baptist University to test the ingredients of 13 types of e-cigarettes. Commercially available cigarettes, for the first time found that electronic cigarettes contain polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) chemicals. Direct inhalation by citizens will interfere with thyroid secretion and affect fetal brain and neurodevelopment; males may be infertile and even cause cancer.
Additionally, there were concerns that the product would appeal to children. The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, which advocates for tobacco control policies, claims that e-cigarettes can "reshape smoking behavior and become an entry point for young people to smoke". About 37 percent of those who have tried vaping in Hong Kong are aged 15 to 29, the group said.
A statement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the vaping boom has driven the largest increase in teen nicotine use in decades. Teens who have never smoked cigarettes are more than happy to inhale e-cigarette ODMs flavored with cream, cucumber and mango, without realizing that they contain nicotine.
Since the rise of e-cigarettes, a mature industry has been born. Electronic cigarettes are mainly composed of atomizers, special e-liquids, and battery packs; the atomizers are powered by battery sticks, which can convert the liquid nicotine in the cartridges into mist, allowing users to have a smoking-like feeling when smoking.
According to the report "2016-2025 Analysis and Forecast of the Global Electronic Cigarette and Atomizer, Equipment and Retail Market", there were about 35 million global electronic cigarette consumers in 2017, and the growth rate of users has slowed down compared with the previous year; the total market Sales were about $12 billion. Although the growth rate has slowed down, the market potential is still there. Among all kinds of tobacco products, the sales volume of e-cigarettes has surpassed that of pipe tobacco and snuff, becoming the fourth largest category after cigarettes, shredded tobacco and cigars. Cigarette market.
In 2017, China's e-cigarette production reached 1.651 billion, a year-on-year increase of 37%, accounting for about 95% of the global e-cigarette market. At present, most domestic e-cigarette manufacturers are in the OEM and ODM mode, and 90% of the finished products are sold abroad, which makes the e-cigarette products present an industrial chain pattern in which the manufacturing center is in China and the world. The demand center is in Europe and America.
At present, countries such as Singapore, Thailand, and Argentina have banned the sale of e-cigarettes. In countries such as France and Italy, the sale of e-cigarettes is restricted by minimum age requirements. A month ago, U.S. regulators issued a similar statement, saying that if emerging manufacturers fail to control the proliferation of e-cigarettes among young people, they will remove all e-cigarettes from the shelves.
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