Elon Musk Rejects Claim 80% Twitter Staff Have Gone

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Elon Musk has offered his own staff inventory at Twitter Inc, dispelling an earlier report by CNBC that the company has lost 80 percent of its employees since its takeover.

The chief executives of SpaceX and Tesla said the reports were untrue and that there were "approximately 2,300 active employees working at Twitter". The billionaire tweeted that there are still "hundreds of employees working on trust & safety, along with several thousand contractors."

Elon Musk said that Twitter now has about 2,300 "active, working employees" as he rejected a report suggesting the headcount was far lower.

He responded on Saturday to the Twitter account @unusual_whales after it tweeted a CNBC report claiming that only 1,300 people were still full-time employees. "The note is incorrect," Musk tweeted.

"There are, 2300 active, working employees at Twitter," he wrote. "There are still hundreds of employees working on trust and safety, along with several thousand contractors."

CNBC reported on Friday that Twitter's headcount was down to 1,300 active employees, including "fewer than 550 full-time engineers by title," compared with more than 7,000 before Musk took control. The outlet said its figures were based on internal records it had seen.

CNBC also reported that more than 130 people from Musk's other businesses worked at Twitter.

Musk also took issue with that figure, tweeting that "less than 10 people from my other companies are working at Twitter."

Dozens of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company employees were brought in after he acquired the social media company on October 27.

The next day engineers from Tesla were at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters, meeting with Twitter engineers to ask about their work and some technical aspects of the platform, Insider reported.

The tech mogul said he was on a trajectory to "fix" Twitter. His focus on the company has angered some Tesla shareholders, with one calling for Musk to find another CEO for the electric-car maker.

Last month Musk polled Twitter users on whether he should step down as Twitter CEO, with more than 57% telling him to go.

The note is incorrect. There are ~2300 active, working employees at Twitter.

There are still hundreds of employees working on trust & safety, along with several thousand contractors.

Less than 10 people from my other companies are working at Twitter.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2023

However, Musk is yet to announce who will be "foolish enough" to take over as "Chief Twit."

Twitter and Musk didn't immediately respond to requests for comment, made outside normal working hours.

Musk testified on Friday in a civil trial in San Francisco about his tweets in August 2018, in which he'd claimed he planned to take his car company private with "funding secured." He is expected to continue his testimony on Monday.

Before Musk finalized the $44Bln purchase in late October 2022, the San Francisco-based firm boasted about 7,500 employees, the 20 January report added. It went on to suggest that about 75 of the company's employees were currently on leave, including about 40 engineers. It also warned that the trust and safety team had shrunk to fewer than 20 full-time employees.

After Musk took over Twitter he lost no time rolling out a great deal of changes that affected day-to-day operations that did not sit well with some of the staff. Product and organizational changes included setting in place a Twitter-verified Blue check-mark as a paid service and also culling about 50 percent of the staff, including Twitter executives responsible for the platform's privacy, cybersecurity and censorship.

Then, what is the motivation for CNBC to make such a report? what is the purpose,?. Is it because Dlonmusk uncovered Faucy's documents and his son Joe Biden. CNBC is owned by Microsoft, Bill Gates. bill gates who is always on fire every time he talks about corona and vaccinations

Impek Tahun Baru China 2023 - Google Doodle

Google Doodle hari ini, hari Minggu, 22/01/2023, merayakan Lunar New Year atau Tahun Baru Imlek 2023. Anda bisa melihatnya saat membuka laman pencarian tersebut dengan illustrasi kembang api.

Tahun Baru Cina adalah festival yang merayakan awal tahun baru pada kalender tradisional Cina lunisolar. Dalam bahasa Tionghoa, festival ini biasanya disebut sebagai Festival Musim Semi (Hanzi tradisional: 春節; Hanzi sederhana: 春节; Pinyin: Chūnjié) karena musim semi dalam kalender lunisolar secara tradisional dimulai dengan lichun, yang pertama dari dua puluh empat istilah surya yang dirayakan festival ini sekitar waktu Tahun Baru Imlek.

Menandai akhir musim dingin dan awal musim semi, perayaan secara tradisional berlangsung dari Malam Tahun Baru, malam sebelum hari pertama tahun hingga Festival Lentera, yang diadakan pada hari ke-15 tahun itu. Hari pertama Tahun Baru Imlek dimulai pada bulan baru yang muncul antara 21 Januari dan 20 Februari.

Negara Tiongkok dikenal karena budayanya yang sangat kental dan sejarahnya yang sangat unik. Bahkan tidak hanya sejarahnya, huruf asal Tiongkok, atau yang biasa dikenal dengan nama Hanzi, adalah suatu hal yang sangat menarik untuk diulik juga.

Hanzi adalah salah satu bentuk tulisan yang tertua di dunia. Bentuk Hanzi ini sangat indah, bahkan bisa juga dikategorikan sebagai salah satu bentuk seni tulisan. Total jumlah karakter Hanzi ini sangat banyak, bahkan lebih dari 10.000!

Dua Jenis Hanzi

Karena banyak Hanzi yang sudah mengalami evolusi atau perubahan—hal ini lah yang membuat Hanzi terbagi menjadi dua jenis; Hanzi Tradisional dan Hanzi Sederhana.

Hanzi Tradisional adalah Aksara Han yang belum pernah mengalami perubahan sejak tahun 1946. Masyarakat Tionghoa pun menganggap bahwa bentuk goresan pada Hanzi Tradisional ini dianggap jauh lebih rumit dibandingkan dengan Hanzi Tradisional.

Mungkin kamu bertanya-tanya, ya, gimana cara menyederhanakan sebuah kata? Nah, beberapa karakter Hanzi yang ditradisionalkan ini disederhanakan melalui satu dari beberapa cara di bawah ini:

1. Dengan cara mengurangi guratan (garis dalam satu aksara), dengan perubahan yang lebih logis atau dengan mengambil bentuk kuno, varian yang lebih sederhana atau jarang digunakan.



2. Menggabungkan beberapa karakter yang sulit menjadi karakter yang lebih sederhana.



3. Memberi arti baru kepada karakter tradisional yang guratannya hanya sedikit

Agar bisa lebih jelas, tabel di bawah ini, ya! Kalian akan menemukan perbedaan bentuk antara Hanzi Tradisional dan Hanzi Sederhana :

Tradisional	Sederhana	Arti
買	买	Beli
電	电	Listrik
紅	红	Merah
無	无	Tidak ada
車	车	Mobil, kendaraan
風	风	Angin
愛	爱	Cinta
時	时	Waktu
島	岛	Pulau
頭	头	Kepala
園	园	Taman
東	东	Timur
響	响	Suara
馬	马	Kuda
鳥	鸟	Burung
魚	鱼	Ikan

Karakter Mandarin ini tidak hanya berdampak di Tiongkok dan masyarakatnya saja. Karakter Mandarin juga memiliki dampak yang cukup signifikan pada perkembangan bahasa Jepang dan bahasa Korea.

Faktanya, bahasa Mandarin memiliki dampak sekitar 60% dari kosakata bahasa Jepang. Bahasa Mandarin telah mencapai Jepang di sekitar abad ke-4. Namun, konon Jepang memiliki sistem penulisan sendiri yang disebut dengan jindai moji, tetapi sebagian besar bukti terlihat tidak asli, dikarenakan contoh-contoh yang ada dari sistem penulisan ini berdasarkan pada bahasa Jepang Modern.

Sedangkan di Korea, Kekaisaran Tiongkok dianggap sebagai model peradaban pada saat awal abad ke-5 SM. Bahkan, sejumlah pengaruh Tiongkok pada Korea masih bisa dilihat hingga hari ini.

Dalam pengaruh Dinasti Tang, Korea memasukkan sejumlah tradisi Tiongkok. Secara budaya, Korea dipengaruhi dengan cara-cara sebagai berikut:

• Pertanian, melalui berbagai macam teknologi untuk menanam padi dan jela,



• Hukum, rancangan undang-undang sipil pertama serta mengadopsi model administratif.

Ternyata cukup panjang dan menarik, ya, kisah tentang Hanzi ini! Ini hanya sedikit bagian dari betapa unik dan hebatnya kebudayaan Tiongkok.

Selain dari karakter Mandarin ini, masih banyak hal-hal yang bisa dipelajari tentang Tiongkok dan bahasa Mandarin! Seperti sejarah negaranya, hari rayanya, makanan-makanan tradisionalnya, dan masih banyak lagi!

Google Doodle hari ini merayakan hari libur penting di beberapa budaya Asia, Imlek, Tahun Baru China! Setelah bulan baru pertama kalender Imlek setiap tahun, komunitas di seluruh dunia menyiapkan dekorasi, membuat makanan pesta, dan berkumpul dengan orang-orang terkasih untuk menyambut tahun baru.

Tradisi festival Imlel Tahun Baru China berasal dari legenda populer ribuan tahun lalu. Binatang mitos bernama Nian diketahui muncul setiap malam Tahun Baru Imlek dan meneror orang dan ternak. Suara keras, warna merah dan api membuat Nian takut, jadi sudah menjadi tradisi bagi keluarga untuk mendekorasi pintu mereka dengan kertas merah, menyalakan kembang api, dan membiarkan lentera menyala sepanjang malam.

Hari ini, warna merah tetap menjadi bagian penting dari perayaan Tahun Baru Imlek karena orang-orang menggantung lentera merah di jalanan dan memberikan uang dalam amplop merah kepada anak-anak dan pensiunan manula. Makanan tradisional populer selama perayaan dan bervariasi di seluruh dunia.

Misalnya, kue tar nanas dan yusheng (hidangan dengan ikan mentah dan salad) adalah makanan pokok di Singapura dan Malaysia, sedangkan masyarakat di Vietnam menikmati bánh chưng (kue beras yang terbuat dari kacang hijau, daging babi, dan bahan lain yang dibungkus dengan daun bambu). ).

LIVE UPDATES - Ukraine’s Military Losses in Donetsk Area Exceed 80 People

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Russian forces defeated Ukrainian units in the Donetsk area, killing more than 80 servicemen and destroying six vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, reported on Sunday.

"In the past day, more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in this direction, with three armored combat vehicles, three autos and a D-30 howitzer destroyed," he said.

Ukrainian Su-25 plane, two HIMARS rockets downed by Russian air defense systems

A Ukrainian Su-25 plane was downed by Russian air defense systems in the course of the special military operation during the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.

Zaporozhye region. During offensive operations, drones help in the destruction of enemy clusters

"Russian air defense systems downed a Ukrainian Su-25 plane near the settlement of Antonovka in thee Donetsk People’s Republic. Apart from that, during the day, nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were downed near the settlements of Zmiyevka, Vladimirovka, Krasnorechenskoye, and Yagodnoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Urozhainoy and Novomayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Priyutnoye in the Zaporozhye region, and Ochakovskoye in the Kherson region. Two HIMARS rockets were intercepted near the settlements of Rabotino and Molchanovsk in the Zaporozhye region," he said.

According to Konashenkov, a US-made HARM anti-radar rocket was intercepted near the settlement of Stepnogorsk in the Zaporozhye region.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports:

In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Military District and volunteers of assault detachments continued successful offensive operations

inflicted fire damage on the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Razdolovka, Blagodatnoye, Krasnopolye and Severnoye in the DPR

in the Zaporizhia direction, during offensive operations, units of the Air Defense Forces occupy more advantageous lines and positions

Russian forces assumed more advantageous lines and positions in the Zaporozhye direction;

The Russian Army eliminated over 50 Ukrainian servicemen, a car and a pickup truck in the Kupyansk direction;

Russian Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters in action as part of the special operation in Ukraine (video courtesy of Russia’s MoD)

Russian troops eliminated over 80 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, five armored fighting vehicles and a pickup truck in the Knasny Liman direction;

The Russian army destroyed a Ukrainian artillery ammunition warehouse in the Donetsk direction;

Russian forces destroyed US-made AN/TPQ-48 and AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radars in the DPR and in the LPR;

The Russian Army eliminated over 80 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two cars, and a D-30 howitzer in the Donetsk direction;

Russia troops destroyed a Ukrainian artillery ammunition warehouse in the Donetsk direction;

Russian forces eliminated up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored fighting vehicles, a pickup truck, two D-20 howitzers and a D-30 howitzer in the Zaporozhye direction;

The Russian Army destroyed a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar in the Kherson direction; Russian air defenses destroyed a Ukrainian Su-25 and 9 UAVs.

10 dead in shooting in Monterey Park, California with suspected gunman at large

10 dead in shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., with suspected gunman at large

Police officers stand watch at the scene of a mass killing in Monterey Park, Calif., on Sunday. (Caroline Brehman/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

The L.A. County sheriff’s department described the suspect as male but did not provide an identity or any more information about the incident that took place late Saturday in the small city outside Los Angeles where the majority of the population is Asian

At least 10 people were shot and killed on Saturday night in Monterey Park, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

Another 10 people were injured, police said. The suspected gunman is at large.

PHOTO: Police patrol the scene along Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park, California, on Jan. 21, 2023, where police are responding to reports of multiple people shot. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

The Sheriff's Department said its homicide detectives were assisting Monterey Park Police Department officers in the investigation.

The Los Angeles suburb is hosting the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival this weekend, marking the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar.

The annual two-day street festival is widely attended, with previous celebrations drawing as many as 100,000 daily visitors, according to the city. More than 65% of Monterey Park's about 60,000 residents identify as Asian American, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Saturday's events were scheduled to finish at 9 p.m.

PHOTO: Police patrol the scene along Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park, California, on Jan. 21, 2023, where police are responding to reports of multiple people shot. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

The Sheriff's Department said the shooting began at about 10:22 p.m. on West Garvey Avenue, near the downtown blocks where the festival was being held.

Western Arms Deliveries to Kiev Will Lead to Global Disaster, Russian State Duma Speaker Says

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Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Sunday that the supply of offensive armament from Western countries to Kiev will lead to a global disaster and retaliatory measures from Moscow with the use of more powerful weapons.

"Offensive weapons deliveries to the Kiev regime will lead to a global catastrophe. In the event Washington and NATO countries supply weapons that will be used to strike civilian cities and attempt to seize our territories, as they threaten, a retaliatory response with more powerful weapons will follow," Volodin said on Telegram.

The lower house speaker emphasized that members of the US Congress, lawmakers of the German parliament, the French National Assembly and other European parliaments "should realize their responsibility to humanity."

"With their decisions, Washington and Brussels are leading the world to a terrible war, to completely different hostilities than today, when strikes are carried out solely on the military and critical infrastructure of the Kiev regime. Given the technological superiority of Russian weapons, foreign politicians making such decisions [arms supply to Kiev] need to understand that this could end in a global tragedy that will destroy their countries," Volodin said.

The speaker added that since nuclear powers have never faced a situation that threatens the security of their citizens and the territorial integrity of the country, it is untenable to argue about the non-use of mass-destruction weapons in local conflicts in the past.

Western countries ramped up their military support for Ukraine after Russia launched a special military operation there on February 24, 2022, responding to calls for help from the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. In April 2022, Moscow sent a note to NATO member states condemning their military assistance to Kiev.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Marat Abulkhatin/Russian State
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin ©Marat Abulkhatin/Russian State

Speaker warns of powerful retaliation for weapons supplies to Kiev for attacks on Russia

Weapons supplies to Ukraine by the United States and NATO for attacks on Russia would lead to retaliatory use of more powerful armaments, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin warned on Sunday.

"Supplies of offensive weapons to the Kiev regime would lead to a global disaster. If Washington and NATO countries send arms that will be used for attacks on peaceful cities or attempts at occupying our lands, a threat they have been making, this would provoke retaliatory measures with the use of more powerful weapons," Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel.

The senior Russian lawmaker slammed as untenable other countries’ arguments that "nuclear powers never used weapons of mass destruction in local conflicts." "Those powers never faced a situation where the security of their citizens or their territorial integrity was at stake," he argued.

The State Duma speaker called on members of the US Congress, Germany’s Bundestag, France’s National Assembly and other European parliamentarians to realize their responsibility for humankind. "By their decisions, Washington and Brussels are pushing the world to a disastrous war - to military operations that will be quite different from what they have seen so far, when only military and critical infrastructure being used by the Kiev regime has been attacked. Given the technological superiority of Russian weapons, Western politicians who have been making such decisions should realize that this may lead to a global disaster that would wipe out their countries," Volodin concluded.

Ukrainians seen pulling Western-made armor to Svatovo in LPR — officer

Ukrainian forces have been bringing foreign-made armored vehicles to near Svatovo in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), Andrey Marochko, a retired LPR colonel, told TASS on Sunday.

Large numbers of armored vehicles for Ukrainian units are being moved into areas near Kupyansk, Marochko said. "Residents of Kharkov reported seeing two trains carrying armored vehicles to Kupyansk. Western-made armor has been unloaded at a sorting station and is being sent toward Svatovo," he specified.

Russian forces destroyed a warehouse for artillery ammunition of Ukraine’s armed forces, killing more than 35 enemy servicemen, the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said on Saturday.

Special operation, 21 January. The main thing:

As a result of the offensive, more advantageous lines and positions were occupied in the Zaporozhye direction, more than 30 militants were destroyed in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported;

The first line of defense of the Ukrainian army in certain sectors of the front in the Zaporozhye region has been hacked, active hostilities continue, said the chairman of the movement "We are with Russia" Rogov;

In the Donetsk direction, the settlement of Mesopotamia was liberated, the Russian Ministry of Defense said;

The United States miscalculated, believing that Russia will show itself weak in confronting Ukraine, says former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, retired colonel Douglas McGregor;

US Marine, acting on the side of Ukrainian troops, died in Ukraine, writes Time;

Former adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, Arestovich, said that Kyiv is losing chances of winning on the battlefield, and the situation around Ukraine is controlled by other countries;

Ukraine has stepped up attempts to recruit employees of the Zaporozhye NPP, said the adviser to the general director of Rosenergoatom;

A rally was held in Warsaw against the involvement of Poland in hostilities in Ukraine, in Vienna - in support of lifting sanctions against Russia.

Rusia Akan Larang Penggunaan Vape Rokok Elektrik

Sidang parlemen tentang larangan penjualan dan penggunaan vape di Rusia dapat diadakan dalam satu setengah atau dua bulan, kata Biysultan Khamzaev, anggota Duma Negara (majelis rendah majelis legislatif Rusia).

Masa transisi direncanakan akan ditetapkan bagi para pengusaha untuk kembali fokus ke pasar lain jika undang-undang tersebut disetujui.

"Kami mendukung sidang parlemen skala besar (tentang RUU larangan vape). Kami perkirakan dalam 1,5 - 2 bulan. Parlemen membahas kasus semacam itu terakhir kali delapan tahun lalu, ketika undang-undang anti-tembakau berskala besar disetujui di Rusia," kata pengacara itu. "Parlemen nasional sudah lama tidak mengadakan diskusi seperti itu. Ada kebutuhan untuk menjelaskan secara profesional posisi bahwa banyak orang tua di Rusia mendukung larangan vape di negara itu. Ini menimbulkan ancaman mematikan bagi anak-anak," kata Khamzaev.

Pengusaha yang berurusan dengan penjualan vape akan memiliki waktu untuk mengarahkan kembali bisnis mereka jika RUU larangan penjualan rokok elektrik di Rusia disetujui.

"Jika persetujuan publik tercapai mengenai masalah ini dan rancangan undang-undang yang relevan disetujui, (periode) akan ditetapkan bagi mereka yang berurusan dengan penjualan vape untuk secara bertahap mengubah arah dan pergi ke segmen pasar lain, bahkan mungkin yang berdekatan," anggota Duma Negara Bagian Dmitry Vyatkin mencatat.

Kerugian anggaran dalam kasus persetujuan rancangan undang-undang "tidak sebanding dengan biaya yang dikeluarkan oleh negara untuk merawat orang dewasa dan anak-anak dari penyakit yang disebabkan oleh rokok elektrik," tambah Khamzaev.

China secara resmi melarang perasa buah dalam rokok elektrik

China telah bergabung dengan beberapa negara dalam melarang vape beraroma untuk memerangi penggunaan nikotin di bawah umur. Sejak 1 Oktober 2022, perusahaan rokok elektrik hanya diizinkan untuk menjual vape rasa tembakau di dalam negeri, sebagai upaya pemerintah untuk "menstandardisasi" produksi, penjualan, dan konsumsi produk tembakau baru.

Pembuat rokok elektrik China mengalami ledakan singkat sebelum regulator mulai berkuasa di industri yang menguntungkan sekitar tiga tahun lalu. Pertama, larangan penjualan vape online. Kemudian pada bulan Mei tahun ini, serangkaian peraturan komprehensif mulai berlaku, yang secara efektif menjadikan rokok elektrik berada di bawah pengawasan otoritas tembakau China.

Larangan itu sudah lama datang dan investor mengantisipasi perubahan itu. Relx, yang pada tahun 2020 menguasai 70% pasar pod vape China, telah kehilangan lebih dari 95% nilai sahamnya sejak debutnya di NYSE pada Januari 2021. Saham Smoore, produsen utama perangkat vaping yang berbasis di kota asal Relx di Shenzhen, turun 90% sejak mencapai level tertinggi sepanjang masa pada Januari 2021.

Larangan vape beraroma seperti lonceng kematian bagi industri vaping. Produk rasa tembakau hanya menyumbang jumlah penjualan rokok elektrik yang tidak signifikan, menurut survei yang dilakukan oleh Landong, sebuah publikasi media China yang berfokus pada industri vaping.

Langkah-langkah utama lainnya dari peraturan tersebut termasuk pajak tembakau atas penjualan rokok elektrik dan persyaratan baru yang ketat tentang cara pembuatan vape, mulai dari baterai, koil keramik, dan konten nikotin hingga pewangi. Memenuhi semua kriteria ini bisa menghabiskan banyak uang, yang berarti penjual vape jelek dan berantakan yang sebelumnya memadati pasar akan berjuang untuk bertahan hidup.

Startup vaping Cina yang didanai dengan baik seperti Relx dan Myst telah lama memulai ekspansi internasional untuk mendiversifikasi aliran pendapatan mereka. Pada tahun 2020, Relx memulai proses yang mahal dan memakan waktu untuk mendapatkan persetujuan FDA di A.S. Myst, yang didirikan bersama oleh mantan ilmuwan Juul, telah memasuki Malaysia, Rusia, Kanada, dan Inggris sejak Mei tahun lalu.

Tindakan keras Cina terhadap rasa vaping berasal dari keprihatinan yang sama yang dimiliki oleh yurisdiksi lain: risiko kesehatan bagi kaum muda. Dalam pemberitahuan dari tahun 2019, otoritas tembakau negara mengatakan:

“Pasar rokok elektrik di China saat ini kacau balau. Kualitas produk sangat bervariasi, dan sebagian besar memiliki masalah keamanan seputar aditif yang tidak aman, e-juice yang bocor, dan baterai yang jelek. Secara khusus, beberapa perusahaan dengan santai menambahkan zat adiktif untuk mengubah rasa dan warna rokok elektrik agar lebih menarik, tetapi hal ini menyebabkan kerusakan parah pada kesehatan mental dan fisik pengguna di bawah umur.”

Pada tahun 2019, AS. pemerintah sedang mempersiapkan kebijakan untuk melarang produk rokok elektrik beraroma. Pada bulan Juni, pengacara Uni Eropa mengusulkan untuk melarang produk tembakau beraroma yang dipanaskan. Sebagai produsen perangkat vaping terbesar di dunia, pabrik rokok elektrik China kemungkinan akan melihat permintaan mereka menyusut karena regulator di seluruh dunia melanjutkan pertempuran mereka dengan industri vaping.

Rokok Elektrik atau Vape

Rokok Elektrik menghasilkan aerosol dengan memanaskan cairan yang biasanya mengandung nikotin, obat adiktif dalam rokok biasa, cerutu, dan produk tembakau lainnya — perasa, dan bahan kimia lain yang membantu membuat aerosol. Pengguna menghirup aerosol ini ke dalam paru-paru mereka.

Menggunakan rokok elektrik terkadang disebut "vaping". Menurut CDC AS, E-rokok dapat digunakan dengan menambahkan mariyuana dan obat-obatan lainnya.

Aerosol rokok elektrik yang dihirup pengguna dari perangkat dan dihembuskan dapat mengandung zat berbahaya dan berpotensi berbahaya, termasuk:

• Nikotin
  
  Partikel sangat halus yang dapat dihirup jauh ke dalam paru-paru



• Penyedap seperti diacetyl:
  
  Bahan kimia yang terkait dengan penyakit paru-paru yang serius



• Senyawa organik yang mudah menguap



• Bahan kimia penyebab kanker



• Logam berat seperti nikel, timah, dan timah1