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Electronic Cigarettes May Be Gateway to Traditional Smoking Among Youth

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are marketed to help people quit smoking regular cigarettes and subside nicotine addiction, but a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics demonstrates that it may be doing the opposite in adolescents.Researchers from the Center for Tobacco Control Research an Education at the University of California San Francisco conducted the first analysis of the relationship between e-cigarette use and conventional smoking among adolescents in the United States. Data were gathered from the National Tobacco Youth Survey, which included nearly 40,000 middle- and high-school-aged youth. The analysis revealed that...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - 6 days ago