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Comparison of the effects of e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke on indoor air quality
Journal Article
CONTEXT:
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have earned considerable attention recently as an alternative to smoking tobacco, but uncertainties about their impact on health and indoor air quality have resulted in proposals for bans on indoor e-cigarette use.
OBJECTIVE: To assess potential health impacts relating to the use of e-cigarettes, a series of studies were conducted using e-ci… |
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Electronic cigarettes: achieving a balanced perspective
Journal Editorial Article
Concerns have been raised that the advent of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may be harmful to public health, and smokers have been advised by important agencies such as the US Food and Drug Administration not to use them. |
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Electronic cigarettes: an evaluation of exposure to chemicals and fine particulate matter (PM)
Journal Article
The “electronic (e-)cigarette” generates intense scientific debate about its use. Its popularity is increasing worldwide as a method to reduce/quit smoking, and to smoke indoors when restrictions on smoking tobacco are present. WHO recommends caution, until its effectiveness in helping smokers is clarified, and the possible harm evaluated. |
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Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: International Tobacco Control Four-country Survey
Journal Article
BACKGROUND:
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) initially emerged in 2003 and have since become widely available globally, particularly over the Internet.
PURPOSE: Data on ENDS usage patterns are limited. The current paper examines patterns of ENDS awareness, use, and product-associated beliefs among current and former smokers in four countries. |
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Evidence against a gateway from smokeless tobacco use to smoking
Journal Article
INTRODUCTION:
It has been suggested that smokeless tobacco (ST) use by young people induces them to become smokers, but direct evidence is lacking.
METHODS:
Information in the 2003, 2005, and 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health was used to determine the prevalence of smoking among White men (aged 18+ years) and boys (aged 16-17 years) who had started tobacco use with ST, cigarettes, or with both produc… |
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Most smokeless tobacco use is not a causal gateway to cigarettes: using order of product use to evaluate causation in a national US sample
Journal Article
AIMS:
To evaluate non-causal and causal patterns of smokeless tobacco (SLT) and cigarette use; to assess the prevalence of “non-gateway” and possible “gateway” patterns of SLT use. |