RIO DE JANEIRO: Electronic cigarettes are “undoubtedly harmful” and should be regulated, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (Saturday in Manila), as it warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their deadly habit.

This file photo taken on June 28, 2019 shows a promoter of an e-cigarette company smoking an electronic cigarette at the Beijing International Consumer Electronics Expo. China's National Health Commission on July 2019 is planning legislation to regulate e-cigarettes as the world's biggest cigarette producer and consumer aims to control vaping before it takes off in the country. AFP PHOTO

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