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醫師警告:電子煙非安全替代品,含依托咪酯等危險成分
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醫師警告:電子煙非安全替代品,含依托咪酯等危險成分

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安南醫院胸腔內科醫師何建輝指出,電子煙內含依托咪酯等危險物質,非法製造與使用將面臨罰則,並強調電子煙對青少年身心發展造成嚴重危害,呼籲家長教師引導未成年人使用回收桶處置電子煙,並利用戒菸資源協助戒除尼古丁依賴。

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電子煙在校園和街頭流竄,其內含依托咪酯等成分原為醫療麻醉藥,現被非法添加至電子煙產品中,衛福部國健署已設置回收桶進行統一回收銷毀,菸害防制法修正草案將納入『持有』行為的處罰。

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〔健康頻道/綜合報導〕安南醫院胸腔內科醫師何建輝在臉書粉專「胸腔內科-何建輝醫師」表示,「喪屍煙彈」裡面的成分叫依托咪酯(etomidate),在加護病房,它是醫師準備幫病人插管前,讓病人快速進入麻醉狀態的藥物。也就是說,這是在有監視器、有呼吸器、有醫師護理師守在旁邊的情況下,才會使用的藥。現在,它被裝進電子煙裡,在校園和街頭流竄。

何建輝表示,現在電子煙的製造、輸入、販賣、供應、展示、廣告和「使用」,都已經違法;「持有」目前沒有罰則。未來《菸害防制法》修正草案把「持有」也納入處罰,被查獲持有就可能罰 3 萬到 10 萬元,並沒收;草案已經送進立法院,還在等三讀。

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何建輝提醒,新法上路後有 1 個月的緩衝期,這段期間被查到只沒收、不罰錢。緩衝期一過,就開始罰。

何建輝表示,衛福部國健署從 9 月 8 日起,在全台衛生局、衛生所設了回收桶,部分設在警察局櫃檯。何建輝提醒,這些回收桶不用具名,不用留任何個資;新法還沒上路前,拿去丟不會被罰;全新的、用一半的、用完的,都可以丟;回收桶設計成「只進不出」,放在有監視器或有人員的地方,最後統一銷毀,不會流回市面。回收會持續到新法上路後的緩衝期結束。

何建輝強調,戒菸不能等。從胸腔科醫師的角度,何建輝提三件重點。

電子煙不是「比較安全的菸」:外表做得像隨身碟、口味做成水果糖,但裡面一樣是尼古丁。尼古丁的成癮性不會因為包裝可愛就變低,對青少年發育中的大腦影響更大。

肺會受傷,而且可能很嚴重:2019 年美國爆發過一波電子煙相關的急性肺損傷,很多是年輕人,有人直接住進加護病房插管,甚至死亡。電子煙對心臟也有影響,會增加心臟衰竭和冠狀動脈供血不足的風險。

你永遠不知道那一顆煙彈裡裝了什麼:非法產品沒有任何品質管理。你以為是水果口味的尼古丁,實際上可能摻了依托咪酯,或其他你根本沒聽過的東西。在醫院,每一顆藥都有劑量、有監測。在煙彈裡,什麼都沒有。

何建輝提醒家長和老師,如果在孩子身上發現電子煙,先別急著罵人。教育部目前鼓勵學生自行把電子煙送到回收桶。比起沒收後鎖在抽屜,陪孩子一起拿去丟,可能是更好的一堂課。如果家人已經成癮,想戒菸可以撥國健署戒菸專線 0800-636363,或到各地醫院的戒菸門診,有健保補助。

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 菸害防制法修正草案將在近期完成三讀並上路,屆時持有電子煙將面臨罰則。

    Likely · Within months

  • 電子煙回收量將在新法上路後緩衝期內顯著增加。

    Possible · Within weeks

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  • 修正後的菸害防制法何時完成三讀並上路?
  • 回收桶的設置數量和分布是否足以覆蓋全台需求?
  • 目前有多少學生因電子煙而發生健康問題?

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