Tel.: (650) 994-5868 Donate E-cigarette manufacturers are spreading a lot of misinformation regarding their products.We’d like to offer the facts so that you can make the best informed decisions to protect your health: Flavored Tobacco Background Information Key Facts on Flavored Tobacco: E-Cigarette Facts: English | Español | 中文 | 日本語 • English | Español |中文 |日本語 Flavored Tobacco Infographics: • Health Effects of E-Cigarettes and Vaping English | Español | 中文 • Health Effects of Nicotine and Tobacco MYTH: “E-cigarette smoke is a harmless water vapor.” FACT: E-cigarettes heat a liquid mixture typically containing nicotine, flavorings, and other chemicals into an aerosol.The aerosol typically contains formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, diethylene glycol, nickel, chromium, lead (1,2).These chemicals are similar to those found in regular cigarettes.MYTH: “E-cigarettes are safe.” FACT: E-cigarette aerosol contains ultrafine metal particles, and e-cigarette liquids often contain flavorings such as diacetyl, which when inhaled can cause “popcorn lung” (an irreversible lung disease) (4).

Additionally, E-cigarette use impairs arterial blood flow after as little as just one e-cigarette, similar to cigarette use (5).MYTH: “E-cigarettes are not marketed towards youth.” FACT: Data has shown an increase in use of e-cigarettes by youth.In 2015, more high school students used e-cigarettes (16%) than regular cigarettes (9%) (6).e cigarette eu regulationE-cigarettes are frequently flavored like fruit and candy, like gummy bear, cotton candy, and bubble gum — and are packaged and priced like candy.e cigarette dctMYTH: “E-cigarettes can help people quit smoking.” FACT: The courts have ruled that the U.S.e cigarette american airlinesFood and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot regulate e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation device.

Instead, the FDA has the authority to regulate e-cigarettes as a tobacco product.The efficacy of e-cigarettes as an aid for sustained smoking cessation has not been proven (7).MYTH: “Smoking e-cigarettes does not lead to smoking regular cigarettes.” FACT: Teens who are nonsmokers but who use e-cigarettes are over three times more likely to be smoking regular cigarettes one year later, compared with nonsmoker teens who did not use e-cigarettes (8,9).Epub 2015 Jan 24.Saddleson ML1, Kozlowski LT2, Giovino GA2, Hawk LW3, Murphy JM4, MacLean MG5, Goniewicz ML6, Homish GG2, Wrotniak BH7, Mahoney MC8.Author information1University at Buffalo, State University of New York, School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, Buffalo, NY, USA.Electronic address: mls38@buffalo.edu.2University at Buffalo, State University of New York, School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, Buffalo, NY, USA.3University at Buffalo, State University of New York; Department of Psychology, Buffalo, NY, USA.4State University of New York, at Cortland, Health Department, Cortland, NY, USA.5State University of New York, Buffalo State, Department of Psychology, Buffalo, NY, USA.6Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.7D'Youville College, Center for Health Behavior Research, Buffalo, NY, USA.8University at Buffalo, State University of New York, School of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, Buffalo, NY, USA; Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine and Department of Health Behavior, Buffalo, NY, USA.AbstractBACKGROUND: Since 2007, there has been a rise in the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).

The present study uses cross-sectional data (2013) to examine prevalence, correlates and susceptibility to e-cigarettes among young adults.METHODS: Data were collected using an Internet survey from a convenience sample of 1437, 18-23 year olds attending four colleges/universities in Upstate New York.Results were summarized using descriptive statistics; logistic regression models were analyzed to identify correlates of e-cigarette use and susceptibility to using e-cigarettes.RESULTS: Nearly all respondents (95.5%) reported awareness of e-cigarettes; 29.9% were ever users and 14.9% were current users.Younger students, males, non-Hispanic Whites, respondents reporting average/below average school ability, ever smokers and experimenters of tobacco cigarettes, and those with lower perceptions of harm regarding e-cigarettes demonstrated higher odds of ever use or current use.Risky behaviors (i.e., tobacco, marijuana or alcohol use) were associated with using e-cigarettes.Among never e-cigarette users, individuals involved in risky behaviors or, with lower harm perceptions for e-cigarettes, were more susceptible to future e-cigarette use.CONCLUSIONS: More e-cigarette users report use of another nicotine product besides e-cigarettes as the first nicotine product used; this should be considered when examining whether e-cigarette use is related to cigarette susceptibility.

Involvement in risky behaviors is related to e-cigarette use and susceptibility to e-cigarette use.Among college students, e-cigarette use is more likely to occur in those who have also used other tobacco products, marijuana, and/or alcohol.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.All rights reserved.KEYWORDS: College students; Electronic cigarettes; Smoking; Susceptibility to smoking; Tobacco; Young adultsPMID: 25666362 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.01.001 [Indexed for MEDLINE] Publication typeResearch Support, Non-U.S.Gov'tMeSH termsAge FactorsAlcohol Drinking/psychologyCross-Sectional StudiesDisease SusceptibilityElectronic Cigarettes*European Continental Ancestry GroupFemaleHumansMaleMarijuana Smoking/psychologyPrevalenceRisk-Taking*Sex FactorsSmoking/epidemiology*Smoking/psychology*Socioeconomic FactorsYoung AdultFull Text SourcesElsevier ScienceMedicalSmoking - MedlinePlus Health InformationE-Cigarettes - MedlinePlus Health InformationTel.: (650) 994-5868 Donate Internship Opportunity!