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Now, There’s a lot going on int his article. Basically Jennifer B. Unger, Ph.D wrote an editorial on “The current era of scientific uncertainty” regarding ecigs and vaping.
The full editorial can be found here http://ift.tt/1FjqX9G
But these are the highlights below
- Many state and local smoke-free laws predate the development of electronic cigarettes. Currently, only three states include the restriction of electronic cigarettes in their comprehensive smoke-free policies.
- The young people in this study’s focus groups perceived that e-cigarettes are marketed for smoking cessation, but they did not perceive that e-cigarettes are effective for cessation, indicating that they may be distrustful of the marketing.
- The interest of nonsmoking teens in flavored e-cigarettes is very low - in fact, flavor descriptors had no significant influence on nonsmoking teens’ interest in using e-cigarettes.
- Between 2012 and 2013, e-cigarette sales in the tracked channels of this study more than doubled, increasing by 132.5% across all markets. Convenience store sales drove most of this, accounting for 81.9% of e-cigarette sales in 2013.
- Among current cigarette smokers, reported reasons for e-cigarette use included: quit smoking (58.4%), reduce smoking (57.9%), and reduce health risks (51.9%). Prior quit attempts were reported more frequently among e-cigarette users (82.8%) than nonusers (74.0%).
- This study analyzed and evaluated the chemical composition including nicotine, tobacco alkaloids, pH, and flavors in 36 e-liquids brands from 4 manufacturers. Three-quarters of the products contained lower measured nicotine levels than the stated label values.
It’s that 3rd one that i’ve put in BOLD text that I find the most fascinating personally. This is pretty much what every law maker and assembly person are basing their bans and taxes on. Thoughts?
-Grimm
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