Over 170 countries are thinking of several steps to deal with the flavored tobacco regulations this week because they are all worried about the fact that their main target is the youth who easily get addicted to nicotine.

The signatories of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control participated in a meeting which will conclude this week on Saturday in southern Uruguay’s resort. The participants planned to lay out certain guidelines on tobacco product ingredients.

During the meeting they also tried to draft out a protocol on illegal trade of tobacco. They also indulged in debates on pricing, tax and even controlling electronic cigarettes. The devices which are powered by battery do not have tobacco but are able to give a nicotine dose to the user and produces a by-product of water vapor which looks like smoke.

Many countries are relying on this device as a way of encouraging people to quit smoking. Antoon Opperhuizen, special adviser to the framework convention and vice-Chair of the WHO Tobacco Laboratory Network said, “There are hundreds of chemicals used to make smoking more attractive, mainly focused on the young people.”