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Use of Electronic Vapor Products Before, During, and After Pregnancy Among Women with a Recent Live Birth — Oklahoma and Texas, 2015

Scientific article

1 March 2019

Summary What is already known about this topic? Most electronic vapor products (EVPs) contain nicotine, a developmental toxicant, and other harmful additives. What is added by this report? In 2015, 7.0% of women with a recent live birth in...

Webinar: Multi-Level Prevention Strategies to Address Teen E-Cigarette Use

26 February 2019

Webinar

E-cigarettes are now the most commonly used form of tobacco among youth in the US. As traditional cigarette use among youth has declined, e-cigarette use has steadily increased.

Webinar: Living in a Cloud - Adolescent Nicotine Use

23 January 2019

Webinar

Though adolescent cigarette smoking rates have decreased over the past four decades with fewer than 1 in 25 teens reporting daily tobacco use, e-cigarette use has increased two-fold. There are still lower rates of adolescent nicotine use overall, but a potentially dangerous trend has emerged with the increased use of vaping.

E-cigarettes: An Unintended Illicit Drug Delivery System

Scientific article

12 September 2018

Abstract Since the introduction of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in 2003, the technology has advanced allowing for greater user modifications, with users now able to control voltage, battery power, and constituents of the e-cigarette...

E-Cigarette Use among Adolescents: An Overview of the Literature and Future Perspectives

Scientific article

26 March 2018

Background: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are rapidly emerging into a new trend among adolescents, signaling a new époque, that of vapers. E-cigarettes are battery-powered nicotine delivery devices that heat a typically flavoring...

Flavours Play Important Role in E-cigarette Uptake Among Younger Populations, Study Finds

Scientific article

25 April 2017

New findings published in the journal Tobacco Regulatory Science suggest that flavoured e-cigarettes appeal particularly to youth and young adults. From the study's sample population, 99% of 12-17-year-olds and 95% of young adults said that...

New Online Resource on E-Cigarettes

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) has recently launched an engaging online resource on e-cigarettes. The free resource aims to offer parents and caregivers easily accessible information about e-cigarettes and other...

Dying for an E-Cigarette?

Scientific article

27 November 2016

The use of e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in recent years. New research suggests that besides acting as a gateway to tobacco smoking, ‘vaping’ can also potentially damage your health in other ways. A study undertaken at the Keck...

75% of Teens See E-Cigarettes as a Safer Alternative to Tobacco

Scientific article

7 November 2016

Almost 3 out of 4 teenagers in the United States think that e-cigarettes are less harmful or addictive than smoking tobacco, a new study has found. The researchers also found that increases in the perceived safety of what has become known...

Tobacco and Cancer Science Policy Webinar: E-Cigarettes

News

Debate continues over risks from e-cigarettes, such as encouragement of smoking among young people, while some observers stress possible reductions in numbers of existing tobacco smokers. This webinar features key experts presenting current...