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Article de Périodique
Start-up e-cigarette brand aims to "improve smokers' lives" (2018)
Auteur(s) :
KAMEROW, D.
Année
2018
Page(s) :
k2930
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
7
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Résumé :
But the Juul "epidemic" in schools is very worrisome.
Great news: the prevalence of cigarette smoking continues to decline in the US, now down to about 14% of the population. Quite a change from 42% in the early 1960s. Furthermore, high school students’ cigarette smoking rate has declined to a new low of 9%.
These decreases may be, in part, because of the increased use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), or e-cigarettes. And that, on the other hand, may not be good news, because e-cigarettes have become wildly popular with teenagers. As Time magazine recently said, "Vaping is the new smoking. Is that a good thing?" [Extract]
Great news: the prevalence of cigarette smoking continues to decline in the US, now down to about 14% of the population. Quite a change from 42% in the early 1960s. Furthermore, high school students’ cigarette smoking rate has declined to a new low of 9%.
These decreases may be, in part, because of the increased use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), or e-cigarettes. And that, on the other hand, may not be good news, because e-cigarettes have become wildly popular with teenagers. As Time magazine recently said, "Vaping is the new smoking. Is that a good thing?" [Extract]
Affiliation :
Georgetown University, UK