The rising popularity of disposable e-cigarettes: Looking towards the future
Although e-cigarettes are severely restricted in most countries in South America, these bans often appear to be poorly enforced in practice. In Brazil, for example, data from Ipec Intelligence shows that from 2018 to 2021, the number of Brazilian e-cigarette reviews has shown phenomenal growth, rapidly climbing from an initial number of about 500,000 adults to more than 2 million, a rise of more than 300%. This data highlights the huge growth potential of the South American e-cigarette market, which has already attracted the attention and investment of many international e-cigarette brands.
As the global e-cigarette market growing rapidly, product innovation and flexibility in response to policy has become criteria rules in industry.
Looking at New Zealand’s ban on disposable e-cigarettes, it’s obvious that the aim is to restrict the sale of e-cigarettes with non-removable or non-replaceable batteries. Given that the vast majority of disposable e-cigarettes on the market with the above characteristics, as long as these products comply with New Zealand’s regulations and standards through technological innovation, it could open up a new path of development for the industry.
When it comes to the reasons for the ban on disposable e-cigarettes, one of the key points is that these disposable products have a significant negative impact on the environment. Disposable e-cigarettes are often thrown away after use, which not only increases the pressure on waste disposal, but also causes irreversible pollution of the environment.
For this reason, we found out that at the recent E-Cigarette Expo helding in Paraguay, South America, the brand ELF BAR, a giant in the field of disposable e-cigarettes, presented a revolutionary product called the EW9000. Introducing a magnetic battery and dual-mode usage, this product’s unique design has attracted many users attention to make attemption, and has even been hailed as one of the most environmentally friendly disposable e-cigarettes on the market.The EW9000’s battery assembly is delicately designed and consists of a built-in integrated battery and an external removable and rechargeable battery that is magnetically connected. Through the magnetic connection, these two parts can be perfectly combined to form a disposable e-cigarette with a capacity of 1000mAh. This design not only extends the life of the e-cigarette and budget-saving, but the reusability of the battery also greatly improves its environmental performance.
Similarly, Chinese brand ANYX has designed a rainbow version of its product, ANYX MX PLUS – LGBT, specifically for the LGBT community in the South American market, with LGBT rights and interests protected by law, The Paraguay E-Cigarette Expo was a great opportunity to value the development of disposable e-cigarettes in 2024 and following trend, preparing to make changes to get ahead of the increasingly strict e-cigarette market.
In addition, another important element for the disposable e-cigarette ban is to prevent teens from being exposed to and smoking e-cigarettes. In an effort to reduce youth access to e-cigarettes, the ban has taken a variety of measures, including prohibiting vendors such as stores from selling e-cigarettes to minors, and even banning the production and importation of disposable e-cigarettes nationwide, and further restricting their distribution by raising taxes on e-cigarettes. However, despite these measures, the existence of the black market allows youth to easily access disposable e-cigarettes. Therefore, family education plays a crucial role in preventing youth from taking up e-cigarettes. Parental education should strengthen and guidance to help them recognize the dangers of e-cigarettes and consciously resist the temptation. In 2024, Antbar launched a new 800 puffs disposable e-cigarette device – AT800, in order to better prevent the use of disposable e-cigarettes by teenagers, we have specially designed a one-touch child protection button. The button is cleverly placed on the bottom of the device so that it doesn’t take up too much space and can’t be easily detected by minors. This design aims to make it more difficult for teenagers to use e-cigarettes, preventing them from accidentally touching and abusing them. Besides, we know that the need of parents’ careful education and guidance, as well as strict enforcement of the e-cigarette policy can make a real difference apart from our product design. Only by working together can we better protect the health and growth of young people.
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Underage smoking is prevalent across the globe, and what makes e-cigarettes become the one-pick appealing to them? Multiple factors lead to including the terms of the disposable e-cigarette ban and the state of mind of minors.
Next, we delve into the state of mind of minors. These 9 First, let’s look at the disposable e-cigarette ban. The ban clearly stipulates that e-cigarette products with attractive flavors and appearances are prohibited, such as milk tea cups and cake shapes. Misleading information on the labels is also prohibited, such as claiming to contain herbal ingredients, which can easily mislead people that e-cigarettes are beneficial to health. These regulations reveal several primary elements that e-cigarettes appealing to minors: enticing flavors, unique and interesting looks, and messages that may mislead them into thinking e-cigarettes are harmless.
At the same time, purchasing e-cigarettes in stores or online platforms without any restrictions for teens is a key factor in encouraging them to choose e-cigarettes. The lack of purchasing thresholds makes e-cigarettes accessible to adolescents, exacerbating the tendency to use e-cigarettes in their daily lives.
Next, we delve into the state of mind of minors. These 9 Mindsets of Adolescent Children.
- Empower the right
They want their ideas and choices to be respected and expect to be empowered with a right to speak in the family.
- The search for independence and intimacy
Adolescents desire to have personal space and time and hope to get parental care and support when they encounter difficulties.
- The desire for respect
They are eager to be respected and hope that their parents can respect their independent thoughts and avoid imposing their personal opinions.
- The pursuit of self-identification
They resent being belittled and blamed, and hope that their parents can communicate with them in a respectful and equal manner, recognizing their efforts and growth.
- Desire for Understanding
Children expect their parents to be their emotional hub, giving them understanding and support.
- Influence of peers
Adolescents care a lot about their peers’ thinking and evaluation.
- Listening when asking for help
When children are in trouble or depressed, they tend to seek help from their parents.
- Expression of Opinions
Teenagers have a strong self-awareness and are eager to express their views and ideas.
- Rejection of emotional kidnapping and nagging
Children expect their emotions to be truly accepted and understood by their parents, rather than being emotionally kidnapped or caught up in endless nagging.
Based on the above, we can clearly recognize that children tend to be highly susceptible to the influence of their peers and that they have a strong desire to express themselves. Such characteristics make them susceptible to the influence of their surroundings and social networks. These influences often lead them to try e-cigarettes, even leading to a series of negative consequences.
After knowing the reasons why teenagers choose to smoke e-cigarettes, Are you thinking about how to communicate with your child more effectively?
- When you notice that your child is influenced by his friends to try e-cigarettes, first of all, you can patiently ask your child which friends are leading him to do so. Afterward, you can consider organizing an Educational Disciplinary Committee, inviting these children and their parents to participate and discuss the issue of e-cigarettes together. During this process, you can utilize news reports, authoritative documents, and visually appealing factual images to clearly illustrate the dangers of e-cigarettes to your children.
(1) According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s report, nicotine is highly addictive and can severely damage brain development. It is important to realize that the human brain is at a critical stage of development until the age of 25. Therefore, at the time of development, children exposed to nicotine may have difficulty learning, concentrating, and controlling their impulses. More importantly, nicotine also increases a child’s risk of addiction to other drugs, such as methamphetamine and cocaine. Consuming nicotine, whether through e-cigarettes or traditional cigarettes, is extremely risky. You can refer to the authoritative website https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/surgeon-general-advisory/index.html for more detailed information on the dangers of nicotine.
(2) In addition, e-cigarettes present other serious safety risks, such as exploding batteries. These exploding batteries not only produce small shrapnel-like particles that can cause penetrating injuries to the human body, but they may also ignite the surrounding clothing, leading to serious burn accidents. You can learn more about authoritative reports on e-cigarette battery explosions by visiting https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10491958/.
By doing so, you will not only be able to clearly communicate the dangers of e-cigarettes to your children, but you will also be able to guide them to take a more rational view of the effects of their friends around them and make more informed choices.
- Some minors have started smoking e-cigarettes under your influence, and they will usually retort to you when you rebuke their bad behavior.
In the face of such a question, you can start an in-depth communication with your child. You can honestly tell your child that you would never have started smoking because it made teeth dull and smell bad. Worse still, the lungs became weak and prone to illness as a result. Realize that smokers are more likely to suffer and die from certain serious diseases than non-smokers. Finally, to make a decision to quit smoking.
To help your child further realize the dangers of smoking, you can show pictures of lung diseases caused by smoking. Make your child aware that quitting smoking is a long-running and difficult process, it will experience lots of failure and pain. So the best thing to do is to not get into the habit of smoking in the first place.” Through such frank and in-depth communication, it is hoped that the child will be guided to recognize the dangers of smoking and make a wise choice.
- Some minors may argue that it is said that e-cigarettes are considered safer than traditional cigarettes, so I choose to smoke e-cigarettes.
In the face of such a situation, we need to understand that children may have been misled by certain information or publicity. Some e-cigarette products may indeed have reduced risks in certain aspects compared with traditional cigarettes, such as reduced levels of certain harmful substances. However, this does not mean that e-cigarettes are completely safe.
In fact, e-cigarettes still contain harmful substances such as nicotine, and long-term smoking still poses a potential health risk. In addition, the use of e-cigarettes may also adversely affect the brain development of adolescents and increase the risk of addiction to other drugs.
Therefore, we need to clearly communicate to children that while e-cigarettes may be an improvement over traditional cigarettes in some respects, they are not completely harmless.
- Many underage children are still not acutely aware of the potential threat of second-hand smoke and lack sufficient understanding of its potential harm. Therefore, parents have the responsibility to explain the many harmful effects of secondhand smoke on the body in detail. Some children do not intentionally want to harm others, but their smoking behaviors, including the use of e-cigarettes, harm those around them. As parents, it is our responsibility to remind our children that e-cigarettes also produce second-hand smoke, i.e., second-hand electronic aerosols, which can inadvertently cause damage to the health of others. Such behavior is actually irresponsible.
While caring about our own health, we should also take care of and respect the others around us. In addition, we should introduce children to the dangers of second-hand smoke – especially electronic aerosols. These aerosols may contain a variety of potentially harmful substances such as nicotine, formaldehyde, and metals, some of which may even induce cancer and other serious health problems. You can refer to authoritative websites such as https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/secondhand-electronic-cigarette-aerosol-and-indoor-air-quality for specific sites to get a more comprehensive understanding of the dangers of secondhand smoke.
