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E-Cigarette: Friend or Foe?

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Over the past decade, the use of e-cigarettes has exploded. This is due in part to successful marketing campaigns. One of the problems with e-cigarette advertisements is that they tend to target vulnerable adolescent and young adult populations. Studies over the last 10 years have consistently found detrimental effects of vaping across organ systems and on overall health. An additional point of concern is that adolescents who use e-cigarettes both become dependent on nicotine and are at higher risk to initiate conventional tobacco use. While e-cigarettes have the potential to serve as a harm reduction tool and have been lauded as a potential smoking cessation aid, there is minimal evidence on their effectiveness in smoking cessation. E-cigarettes may ultimately complicate the path to a smoke-free life.

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    Erica Lin, Ana Lucia Fuentes & Laura E. Crotty Alexander

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Lin, E., Fuentes, A.L., Patel, A., Crotty Alexander, L.E. (2023). E-Cigarette: Friend or Foe?. In: Eakin, M.N., Kathuria, H. (eds) Tobacco Dependence. Respiratory Medicine. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24914-3_11

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