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Is Prevalence of E-Cigarette and Nicotine Replacement Therapy Use among Smokers Associated with Average Cigarette Consumption in England?

Scientific article

19 June 2018

Abstract Objectives: Many smokers use e-cigarettes and licensed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), often in an attempt to reduce their cigarette consumption. We estimated how far changes in prevalence of e-cigarette and NRT use while...

Risky Business: A Longitudinal Study Examining Cigarette Smoking Initiation among Susceptible and Non-Susceptible E-Cigarette Users in Canada

Scientific article

26 May 2018

Abstract Objectives: Given that many adolescent e-cigarette users are never-smokers, the possibility that e-cigarettes may act as a gateway to future cigarette smoking has been discussed in various studies. Longitudinal data are needed to...

A Pragmatic Trial of E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation

Scientific article

23 May 2018

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Whether financial incentives, pharmacologic therapies, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) promote smoking cessation among unselected smokers is unknown. METHODS We randomly assigned smokers employed by 54 companies...

Electronic Cigarettes and Future Marijuana Use: A Longitudinal Study

Scientific article

23 April 2018

Abstract Background: Cigarettes have been strongly associated with subsequent marijuana use among adolescents, but electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are now rapidly replacing traditional cigarettes among youth. This study examines...

Motivation and Main Flavour of Use, Use with Nicotine and Dual Use of Electronic Cigarettes in Barcelona

Scientific article

22 March 2018

Abstract Objective: This study seeks to describe current e-cigarette users’ patterns of use including primary motivation for use, dual use, use with nicotine and principal flavour used, according to individuals’ sociodemographic...

Adolescent Exposure to Toxic Volatile Organic Chemicals from E-Cigarettes

Scientific article

Abstract BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to understand the safety of e-cigarettes with adolescents. We sought to identify the presence of chemical toxicants associated with e-cigarette use among adolescents. METHODS: Adolescent e...

Electronic Cigarette Use and Progression from Experimentation to Established Smoking

Scientific article

Abstract BACKGROUND: It has been shown that never-smoking adolescents who try electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are at increased risk of subsequent conventional cigarette smoking. We evaluated associations between e-cigarette use and...

Reasons for E-Cigarette Use among US Middle and High School Students

Scientific article

16 February 2018

Summary What is already known about this topic? Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. middle school and high school students in 2016. The Surgeon General concluded that e-cigarettes can...

Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes: Report Release Webinar

23 January 2018

Washington DC

United States

Six members from the Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will present the findings of the committee, which will be available online at 11 AM on January 23, 2018.

Direct Marketing Promotion and Electronic Cigarette Use among US Adults

Scientific article

21 September 2017

Abstract Introduction The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among US adults has increased since 2007. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of direct marketing promotion of e-cigarettes and its association...