WHO urges governments to ban tobacco flavours to protect youth
In marking World No Tobacco Day, World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products.
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to urgently ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes, to protect youth from addiction and disease.
In marking World No Tobacco Day over the weekend, WHO said flavours like menthol, bubble gum and cotton candy are masking the harshness of tobacco and nicotine products, turning toxic products into youth-friendly bait.
Flavours not only make it harder to quit but have also been linked to serious lung diseases. Cigarettes, which still kill up to half of their users, also come in flavours or can have flavours added to them, WHO said.
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