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“RAMPANT and reckless” misinformation about alternative nicotine products being spread throughout Central Asia is endangering lives, say leading international public health experts.
Uzbekistan’s state media recently reported baseless claims that “vaping contains thousands of chemicals… and is more harmful than smoking”1, following a ban on vaping products in neighboring Kazakhstan even after an independent expert report demonstrated that 165,000 lives could be saved2 in the country.
That retrograde step, endangering the…
