Health Ministry warns against e-cigs containing dangerous drugs
Filler liquids include ‘Nice Guy’ and the psychoactive drug THC
In its second official warning about electric cigarettes containing substances that could endanger public health, the Health Ministry saidsued a statement that e-cigs sold in kiosks, in social networks and on the Internet have filler liquids including “Nice Guy” and the psychoactive drug THC.
Synthetic drugs called ADB-BUTINACA and MDMB4en-Pinaca have been identified in Nice Guy products. According to experts, they are illegal, highly dangerous, powerful, addictive and have caused the deaths of adolescents and the hospitalization of many others in various countries.
They may also trigger mental and physical effects, including psychotic disorders including psychosis, anxiety and panic attacks; severe effects on the brain, including cerebral edema; kidney damage; heart damage; and bleeding in the digestive system. Since the risk of consuming the drug is already high, mixing Nice Guy in e-cigarette liquids may significantly increase the risk of using the drug, since this action causes higher
doses of the toxic substance to be absorbed, the ministry warned.
E-cigs may also contain the fatty E vitamin, tocopherol, whose uncontrolled use can lead to severe lung damage and has even killed people in the US. These products, marketed under the names “RM PREMIUM,” “Snoop Dogg” and “Fume ORJOY” are sold
against the law. Another electronic cigarette is marketed without labeling. Samples were tested at the toxicological laboratory at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.
The ministry asks anyone who has been harmed by the use of such banned substances to contact its department for enforcement and supervision through the Kol Habriut
hotline (5400*) or by email at modiin@moh.gov.il.
Meanwhile, the Israel Cancer Association (ICA) has launched yet another media campaign against vaping, to mark World No-Smoking Day on May 31. Those involved, including actresses Ruslana Rodina and Ravid Ronen, have donated their time for the effort.