«More research is needed in Canada on additional contributing risk factors as well as longitudinal data to evaluate the complex relationship between e-cigarette use and
tobacco cigarette use in adolescence.»
«E-cig use increases risk of beginning
tobacco cigarette use in young adults.»
Not exact matches
The Liberals are also spending $ 80.5 million over five years starting this year to reduce
tobacco use, particularly in Indigenous communities, and raising taxes on
cigarettes by $ 1 per carton.
But this
tobacco giant will no longer allow the
use of
cigarettes, cigars or pipes inside conference rooms, offices or elevators.
PMI says the product is a closer experience to smoking
cigarettes than other alternatives, such as e-
cigarettes, because it
uses actual
tobacco.
The
tobacco industry
use to employ lots of scientists and doctors who would gladly express their opinion that
cigarettes were not harmful, after all.
Kids generally don't like having someone try to pull the wool over their eyes, so just as we've made them savvy about the
tobacco industry's insidious techniques to get them to
use cigarettes, we need to show kids that the food industry is, in a very direct way, making money at the expense of their own health.
The prime minister has been asked whether he discussed plain
cigarette packs with election guru and
tobacco lobbyist Lynton Crosby at least 12 times, and each time he has replied
using what appears to be a form of evasion.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio threw his support behind a series of initiatives to cut
tobacco use, including raising the minimum price of a pack of
cigarettes to $ 13 and taking steps to eventually reduce the number of stores that can sell
tobacco products.
Electronic
cigarette use would be banned in restaurants, offices and other places in New York state where smoking
tobacco is prohibited under a proposal included in Cuomo's budget.
Vaping devices and electronic
cigarettes have become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional
tobacco use.
The Adolescent
Tobacco Use Prevention Act or ATUPA is found in Article 13 - F of the NYS Public Health Law which covers regulation of
tobacco products and herbal
cigarettes and their distribution to minors.
Riccardo Polosa, professor of Medicine at Catania University, did a study for the Italian Non-Smoking Association which found that 55 % of the 40 committed smokers in his experiment had significantly reduced or eliminated their
use of
tobacco cigarettes by the electronic alternative.
A new survey on the
use of
tobacco products in New York State shows a change in the dynamic of the
tobacco marketplace, shifting from traditional
cigarette brands to newer products.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have hit out at Labour's plans to treat e-
cigarettes the same as
tobacco cigarettes when banning their
use in a wide range of public places.
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.
But that's not the case for e-
cigarettes, and these youth - appealing tactics are luring teens who have never
used tobacco products to give e-cigs and even
cigarettes a try, a new study suggests.
If
tobacco growers are
using fertilizer on their plants, it obviously works, even though it is made from uranium - rich phosphate rock and results in polonium 210 — a decay product of uranium — being inhaled with
cigarette smoke.
In light of the tremendous threat that
tobacco use poses to health and the minimal risk that would be expected from banning menthol
cigarettes, the risk / benefit calculation appears to favour a ban.
Unlike regular
cigarettes, e-
cigarettes do not contain
tobacco and no combustion takes place when they are
used.
The study, conducted in a one - of - a-kind laboratory replica of a convenience store, is the first to
use a realistic setting to examine whether limiting displays of
cigarettes and other
tobacco products in retail outlets can reduce the intention of young people to begin smoking.
Keeping
tobacco products out of view in convenience stores significantly reduces teenagers» susceptibility to future
cigarette use compared to when
tobacco advertising and products are visible, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
«This is problematic because young adults are still developing their
tobacco use behaviors, and e-
cigarettes may introduce young adults to
tobacco use, or promote dual
use of
cigarettes and smokeless
tobacco products.»
Young adults who
use electronic
cigarettes are more than four times as likely to begin smoking
tobacco cigarettes within 18 months as their peers who do not vape, according to new University of Pittsburgh research.
«Furthermore, high rates of dual
use may result in greater total public health burden and possibly increased individual risk if a smoker maintains an even low - level
tobacco cigarette addiction for many years instead of quitting.»
Using a standard test to measure the urge to smoke a
cigarette, people who smoke
tobacco cigarettes daily and who watched e-
cigarette advertisements with someone inhaling or holding an e-
cigarette (aka vaping) showed a greater urge to smoke than regular smokers who did not see the vaping.
Anyone walking into a smoker's abode can tell you that the traces of
tobacco use don't vanish when a
cigarette is extinguished.
In the long - term analysis, results showed that the smokers were more likely to trade in their
tobacco cigarettes for e-cigs and taper off their
tobacco use.
Though conventional
cigarette smoking has declined dramatically over recent decades in the US, the report stresses that e-
cigarette use is associated with the
use of other
tobacco products and that perceptions of e-
cigarettes as less harmful than traditional
cigarettes can lead to increased rates of vaping.
Kentucky also brings up the rear among youth in grades 9 - 12 who
use tobacco; according to 2011 CDC data, about 24 - percent of high school students smoke
cigarettes.
Gregory N. Connolly of the Harvard School of Public Health says FDA should focus on reducing
tobacco use, rather than regulating the industry's efforts to develop «safer»
cigarettes.
The study showed that adolescents are
using e-
cigarettes at high rates, and many are
using e-
cigarettes before trying regular
cigarettes or chewing
tobacco.
New research suggests that the single
use of an electronic
cigarette approximating the nicotine exposure of one
tobacco cigarette reduces the sensitivity of the cough reflex.
The study authors also found that the belief that some
tobacco products were riskier than
cigarettes did not stop people from
using them.
«We hope with future research to determine if e-cigarette
use may serve as a gateway to other drugs just as traditional
tobacco cigarettes have been identified and if the user experiences higher euphoric effects.»
DANGERS OF VAPING E-
cigarettes have surpassed
cigarettes as the most commonly
used tobacco product among teenagers.
«Preventing youth from initiating
tobacco use and becoming nicotine dependence requires taking an upstream approach — that's why understanding the factors that influence intention to
use cigarettes among youth who have never smoked
cigarettes is critical in preventing the onset of
tobacco use,» Dube said.
In 2014, e-
cigarettes surpassed
cigarettes as the most commonly
used tobacco product by middle school and high school students, according to an annual U.S. survey.
«Most importantly we know that e-
cigarettes and conventional
tobacco cigarettes are
used exactly the same way, making it difficult for children and youth to tell them apart,» she continued.
The primary reasons these teens admitted to
using e-
cigarettes were expeditious consumption and easy concealment, high social approval among peers, beliefs that e-
cigarettes are healthier as well as more aesthetically pleasing compared to
tobacco cigarettes, and a safe high.
«For
tobacco, give up on moving toward a prohibition of traditional
cigarettes — an endgame — and
use public health tools to minimize the
use of the most dangerous
tobacco products,
cigarettes.»
«Although the
tobacco industry markets e-cigarettes as a tool to help adult smokers quit smoking, e-
cigarette use actually only marginally increases the number of adult
cigarette smokers who are able to successfully quit,» says principle investigator Samir Soneji, PhD, Associate Professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
Utilizing census counts, national health and
tobacco use surveys, and published literature, Soneji's team calculated the expected years of life gained or lost from the impact of e-
cigarette use on smoking cessation among current smokers, and transition to long - term
cigarette smoking among never - smokers.
Goodwin advises that additional attention to cannabis
use in
tobacco control efforts and in clinical settings aimed at reducing
cigarette smoking and smoking related negative consequences may be warranted.
These theoretical benefits will be awarded to someone who
uses e-
cigarettes to completely quit smoking all products that burn
tobacco —
cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, and pipes.
Whilst e-
cigarettes may be less harmful than
tobacco cigarettes, there is concern that despite progress in controlling
tobacco use, young people continue to develop an avoidable addiction.
«To describe electronic
cigarette use as «a new drug
use option» and part of «at - risk teenagers» substance
using repertoires» is unnecessarily alarmist, given the evidence that regular
use among never smokers is negligible, the lack of evidence that electronic
cigarette use acts as a gateway to
tobacco use, and the likely low level of harm associated with electronic
cigarette use.»
In fact, e-cigs have overtaken
cigarettes as the leading
tobacco product
used by teens.
Researchers found that psychosocial factors such as the
use of e-
cigarettes and
tobacco cigarettes by family and friends had an impact on the participants»
use.
Raising
cigarette taxes to combat smoking may increase the
use of cigars and smokeless
tobacco, such as chewing
tobacco, in adolescents according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, involving 499,381 adolescents.