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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Breaking News: E-cigarette use may put teenagers at higher risk of smoking, a major report found. It also concluded vaping is safer than cigarettes.

A national panel of public health experts concluded in a report released on Tuesday that vaping with e-cigarettes that contain nicotine can be addictive and that teenagers who use the devices may be put at higher risk of switching to traditional smoking.

Whether teenage use of e-cigarettes may lead to conventional smoking has been intensely debated in the United States and elsewhere. While the industry argues that vaping is not a steppingstone to conventional cigarettes or addiction, some antismoking advocates contend that young people become hooked on nicotine, and are enticed to cancer-causing tobacco-based cigarettes over time.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

They also help some of us adults quit smoking.

Anonymous said...

Being safer than cigarettes doesn't mean it's safe.

Anonymous said...

I never started smoking as a means to have a "nicotine delivery system ". SMH. ..

Anonymous said...

So glad I never tried cigarettes.