E-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, but they are
operated by battery. An atomizer heats a solution of liquid, flavorings, and
nicotine that creates a mist that is inhaled.
Using data from the National Youth Tobacco Study, the CDC
report found that the percentage of high school students who had ever used
e-cigarettes rose from 4.7% in 2011 to 10% in 2012. Ever use also doubled among
middle school students, from 1.4% to 2.7%. Altogether, as of 2012 more than
1.78 million middle and high school students in the US had tried e-cigarettes.
The study, published September 6, 2013 in Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report, also found that 76% of current young e-cigarette
users also smoked regular cigarettes. Some experts fear that e-cigarettes may
encourage children to try regular cigarettes.
“The primary concern is whether e-cigarettes have the
capability of introducing nonsmoking youth to cigarette smoking,” said Thomas
J. Glynn, PhD, American Cancer Society's director of cancer science and trends
and international cancer control. “Will we have new cigarette smokers out of
this? A very clear message is that we are very much in need of FDA (US Food and
Drug Administration) regulations that will limit access to e-cigarettes to
youth.”
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The FDA has announced it is taking steps to regulate
e-cigarettes as tobacco products, acting under its authority in the Family
Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. The FDA has the authority
to require that e-cigarettes be labeled with their ingredients, so the user
knows what’s in them. It can also tell manufacturers how they can promote
e-cigarettes. For example, new regulations could prohibit e-cigarette promotion
and sale to youth – which is already being done in some states. But such
regulations are not yet in place.
According to Glynn, the young brain is more susceptible to
the effects of nicotine than a fully developed brain. The younger a person
begins using nicotine, the more vulnerable the user is to becoming a lifelong
smoker. He said more data is needed to know whether those youth who are
increasingly using e-cigarettes are moving on to using regular cigarettes.
“E-cigarettes were only invented 10 years ago and introduced
in the US 6 years ago,” said Glynn. “We are in the infancy of learning about
how they’re used and what’s in them.”
Article Credit: http://www.cancer.org
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