Η Apple, states that it agrees with the views of experts that evaporation has caused a crisis in public health and has been converted to epidemic, mainly among younger ages.
Λshortly after the announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that they were recorded 2.172 cases of lung injury related to e-cigarette or vaporizer products, Apple has removed all vaporization - related applications from the App Store.
In a statement, Apple said it agreed with experts that evaporation had caused a crisis in public health and has been converted to epidemic, mainly among younger ages.
Apple had already taken a step in that direction in June, when it updated the App Store Review Guidelines to make it clear that applications that encourage the use of vaporizers are not allowed in its app store.
Although Apple remove applications from the App Store, those users who have them installed on their iOS devices can continue to use them normally.
The full Apple statement
Recently, experts from the CDC to the American Heart Association have attributed a variety of lung damage, and deaths, to e-cigarette and vaporizing products, to the point of characterizing the spread of these devices as a public health crisis and epidemic. the youth.
We agree with all of this, and that is why we have updated the App Store Review Guidelines to reflect the fact that applications that encourage or facilitate the use of these products are not permitted in the App Store. As of today, these applications are no longer available for download.
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