UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga presented researchers and practitioners again to discuss the dilemma of E-Cigarette development at Symposium Session 7 Oral Presentation 5 ^thIndonesian Conferences on Tobacco Control or Health (ICTOH) 2018.

The event that focused on Threats of Various Tobacco Products  and Electric Cigarettes was held in early May. Symposium 7 itself was carried out after discussion panel 3 and 4 of 5 ^th ICTOH 2018 located in Room Trowulan 2 Hotel Bumi Surabaya.

According to Gayatri Ayodhya, one of UNAIR sixth semester students who attended the symposium session revealed that the discussion about E-Cigarette was quite interesting as there are still not many researches about E-Cigarette.

“So the selection of E-Cigarette as a theme in this oral presentation symposium session is very useful. We can discuss together some research results about E-Cigarette with the researchers directly and some experts who are present, ” she said.

In the 7th symposium session, she added, there are 7 researchers who presented his research on variations of cigarette products and electrical cigarettes, one of them was a lecturer of Public Health Study Program (IKM) PSDKU UNAIR in Banyuwangi.

Susy Katikana Sebayang, a lecturer of IKM PSDKU UNAIR in Banyuwangi presented her research on the characteristics of consumers who have used electric cigarette. She explained that Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) is a tool that serves to convert chemicals into vapor and drain it to the lungs.

“These chemical is a mixture of substances such as nicotine and propylene glycol,” she said.

Muchsin Maulana other researchers revealed that E-Cigarette has been produced in a great quantity in Indonesia with various shapes and flavor variants. The communities love it.

“Dilemmas arise due to the development of this product including on the dangers and benefits  as it has not been studied and examined thoroughly,” he explained.

Author: Siti Mufaidah

Editor: Nuri Hermawan