ABSTRACT
El pasado 31 de mayo se celebró el día mundial sin tabaco, el cual tiene como estandarte la prevención de los efectos nocivos del cigarrillo convencional hacia la salud de las personas expuestas directa e indirectamente al humo de tabaco. Como un logro de las múltiples camparías de prevención y cese del consumo de cigarrillo convencional, se ha observado una reducción en su consumo, principalmente en la población adolescente, al existir una mayor conciencia sobre el riesgo que el tabaquismo representa para la salud. Sin embargo, en los últimos años ha aparecido el cigarrillo electrónico, como un sustituto que, si bien se presentó como un medio seguro y aparentemente eficaz para lograr el cese del consumo de cigarrillo convencional, se ha convertido en lo que han denominado un caballo de Troya, ya que mediante su uso muchos adolescentes están expuestos a consumos de nicotina mayores que el convencional de los cigarrillos.
The World No Tobacco Day was celebrated on May 31, which has as its banner the prevention of the harmful effects of conventional cigarettes on the health of people exposed directly and indirectly to tobacco smoke. As an achievement of the multiple campaigns for prevention and cessation of conventional cigarette consumption, a reduction in its consumption has been observed, mainly in the adolescent population, as there is a greater awareness of the risk that smoking represents to health. However, in recent years, the electronic cigarette has appeared as a substitute which, although presented as a safe and apparently effective means to achieve cessation of conventional cigarette consumption, has become what has been called a Trojan horse, since through its use many adolescents are exposed to higher nicotine consumption than conventional cigarettes.