The ministrys bureau chief of health policy, Ryu Geun-hyeok, has been reported to say, Various similar carcinogenic substances contained in tobacco cigarettes were detected in e-cigarette vapor, so smokers must not consider them as a smoking-cessation device. Interestingly, the Korean governments stance on e-cigarettes and how they are regulated has been the subject of ire and ridicule from the public, some even going as far as accusing the government of simply trying to fatten its tax coffers by monitoring e-cigarettes under the pretense of concern for public health, but doing so by constantly citing its research in 2012 instead of new studies providing more relevant and up-to-date data.
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