A US National Institutes of Health study of 222 students shows a possible link between the use of e-cigarettes and the initiation of tobacco use.
Students who have used electronic cigarettes by the time they start ninth grade are more likely than others to start smoking traditional cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products within the next year, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health. E-cigarettes deliver nicotine to the lungs by heating a liquid solution that contains nicotine and other chemicals to produce an aerosol that the user inhales, a process often called “vaping.”
The results of the study have been published widely including in medical journals and The Wall Street Journal, where I first read about it. The Conversation has a report on the study, lending an Australian voice to the discussion and explaining why regulation of e-cigarettes is necessary.