But just as the world's two largest tobacco manufacturers, Reynolds American (maker of Camel) and Altria (maker of Marlboro) were entering the market, the FDA announced its intention in April to regulate e-cigarettes as
it does traditional cigarettes — including age restrictions and health warnings.
Not exact matches
While some have argued that vaping could be linked with a so - called «gateway effect» whereby young people who vape become addicted to nicotine and are thus more likely to transition to
traditional cigarettes, others have said this doesn't make sense.
Sixty - seven of them used e-
cigarettes only, 17 used e-
cigarettes and
traditional cigarettes, and 20
did not smoke or vape.
Your teen is likely to think e-
cigarettes are much cooler than
traditional cigarettes and your teen may insist you don't know what you're talking about since e-
cigarettes probably weren't around when you were young.
The scientists also
do not know if their model applies to people who smoke e-
cigarettes or other forms of tobacco, as their study used condensates typically found in
traditional cigarettes.
Young people across the United States who smoke electronic
cigarettes are considerably more likely to start smoking
traditional cigarettes within a year than their peers who
do not smoke e-
cigarettes, according to an analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health (CRMTH) and the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
However, they
did not find any causal link between e-
cigarette use and
traditional cigarette smoking among teens.
While e-
cigarettes do not contain the same carcinogens as
traditional cigarettes, they
do contain nicotine, which is addictive.
Federal officials also could ban the use of flavors in e-
cigarettes, as has already been
done in
traditional cigarettes except for menthol, said Dr. Norman Edelman, senior scientific advisor for the American Lung Association.