Tag: Electronic Cigarettes
E-Cigarette Flavoring Agent May Impair Airway Defense System
Flavoring commonly used in e-cigarettes suppresses cilia beat frequency, lasting for 60 minutes
Prevalence of Adult E-Cigarette Use Up from 2014 to 2016
Decrease in prevalence among current smokers, increased prevalence among never smokers
Pros and Cons for E-Cigarettes As Aid to Smoking Cessation
Researchers present evidence supporting their use, and discuss the limits and hazards of use
E-Cigarette Use Tied to Subsequent Marijuana Use in Teens
Stronger correlation seen for younger adolescents, aged 12 to 14 years, than for older teens
Pediatric Exposures to Liquid Nicotine Down From 2015 to 2016
Still poses serious risk to children; decrease likely in part to law requiring child-resistant packaging
Receptivity to Tobacco Ads Linked to Progression to Use
For adolescents, receptivity was highest for e-cigarette ads and was linked to trying cigarettes
Use of E-Cigarettes May Hurt Efforts to Quit Smoking
Findings based on a study of patients trying to quit smoking following hospital discharge
Liquids in E-Cigarettes Are Heterogeneous, Frequently Toxic
The more chemicals in e-liquid, the more toxic it is likely to be; vanillin tied to higher toxicity
More Harms Than Benefits for E-Cigarettes at Population Level
Estimated 168,000 never-smoking young people could become daily smokers after starting e-cigs
Excretion of Volatile Organic Compounds Up in Teen E-Smokers
Excretion of metabolites of acrylonitrile, acrolein, propylene oxide, acrylamide, crotonaldehyde up
