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Vaping products also contain nicotine, and there is no such thing as a safe tobacco product. Tobacco contains a toxic mix of chemicals that, over time, lead to serious, often fatal lung diseases, including cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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Studies show that about 90 percent of smokers and nonsmokers believe that cigarettes described as "light" or have certain colors on the packages are less harmful even though "all commercial cigarettes are equally lethal," said David Hammond, a health behavior researcher at the University of Waterloo in Canada

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That changed when the UAEs Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, alongside the Ministry of Health and Prevention, introduced formal regulations bringing vapes and e-liquids under the UAEs official product standards