Sentences with phrase «traditional cigarette use»

A report recently released by Rhode Island Kids Count indicates that in 2015, 19 percent of high school students and 7.5 percent of middle school students had reported using an e-cigarette at the same time traditional cigarette use was at an all - time low for those age groups.

Not exact matches

Sixty - seven of them used e-cigarettes only, 17 used e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, and 20 did not smoke or vape.

Vaping devices and electronic cigarettes have become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional tobacco use.

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 Erie County Legislature takes public comment Monday on a proposal to restrict the use of electronic cigarettes in public spaces, just as traditional cigarettes are banned.

Last month, legislators unveiled a plan to ban the use of e-cigarettes in indoor workplaces, similar to the ban on traditional cigarettes.

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.

The study, «Electronic Cigarette Use Among College Students: Links to Gender, Race / Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking» found in the Journal of American College Health connects e-cigarette use in colleges to high rates of alcohol consumption and other factors such as: gender, race / ethnicity and traditional cigarettUse Among College Students: Links to Gender, Race / Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking» found in the Journal of American College Health connects e-cigarette use in colleges to high rates of alcohol consumption and other factors such as: gender, race / ethnicity and traditional cigarettuse in colleges to high rates of alcohol consumption and other factors such as: gender, race / ethnicity and traditional cigarettes.

«Refraining from [e-cigarette] use four weeks before surgery is a prudent course of action, despite the fact that it has yet to be determined if the effects are similar to traditional cigarettes,» write ASPS Member Surgeons Dr. Peter Taub of Mount Sinai Medical Center and Dr. Alan Matarasso of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both in New York City.

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.

Previous research has found that teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes (SN: 9/19/15, p. 14).

According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, current and former smokers who suffer from disease are more likely to have reported using an e-cigarette, meaning these patients may see e-cigarettes as safer or less harmful than combustible cigarettes and a way to reduce the risks posed by traditional smoking.

While they are promoted as a way to quit traditional cigarettes, they also are promoted as a way to get nicotine in environments where traditional cigarettes are prohibited, even though more than 430 cities and several states ban their use in smoke free sites where conventional cigarettes are also prohibited.

Electronic cigarettes are widely promoted and used to help smokers quit traditional cigarettes, but a new analysis from UC San Francisco found that adult smokers who use e-cigarettes are actually 28 percent less likely to stop smoking cigarettes.

«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.»

«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.»

In the meantime, oncologists should advise all smokers to quit smoking traditional combustible cigarettes, encourage use of FDA - approved cessation medications, refer patients for smoking cessation counseling, and provide education about the potential risks and lack of known benefits of long - term e-cigarette use.»

«However, recent data suggest that more youth than ever are using e-cigarettes and that as many half of these adolescents are not smoking traditional cigarettes,» Dr. Sargent said.

In a new study of cancer patients who smoke, those using e-cigarettes (in addition to traditional cigarettes) were more nicotine dependent and equally or less likely to have quit smoking traditional cigarettes than non-users.

Use of traditional cigarettes has continued to decline to the lowest levels in the survey's history.

They found that 24 percent admitted to using an e-cigarette at least once, 9.6 percent were current e-cigarette users, and 18.7 percent had smoked a traditional cigarette.

However, they did not find any causal link between e-cigarette use and traditional cigarette smoking among teens.

People who regularly use electronic cigarettes are less dependent on their product than those who regularly use traditional cigarettes, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Researchers worry that because of advertising and of similarities in both form and function, e-cigarettes may promote use of traditional cigarettes among adolescents and young adults.

About 20 percent of answers were positive, such as using e-cigarettes as a tool to stop smoking traditional cigarettes.

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.