The US government has announced its new federal rules, which include a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 18.
Tag: E-cigarettes
E-cigarettes Help Smokers Quit, Say Doctors
A leading medical body of UK has advised that smokers should be offered and encouraged to use e-cigarettes to help them quit.
E-cigarettes have greater potential of health impact in developing countries
Two Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have claimed that e-cigarettes have a greater potential of negative health impact in developing countries and urge governments to exert greater regulatory control over these…
E-cigarettes have sharply divided public health community: BMJ
The public health community isn’t unanimous as far as the ‘harm reduction’ aspect of e-cigarettes is concerned, a new investigation published in BMJ has found, with those in favour of e-cigarettes believing…
E-cigarettes won’t help you quit smoking, research shows
E-cigarettes have been pegged by many as a cessation tool for smokers, but a new study published online on April 16 in the American Journal of Public Health, suggests that this is…
US school kids increasingly using e-cigarettes, government report says
With industry experts increasingly discussing the pros and cons of e-cigarettes, a new US government report has revealed a three-fold increase in the use of e-cigarettes among school going kids in 2014…
Flavours in e-cigarettes pose health concerns for vapers
E-cigarettes flavours contain chemicals that pose health concerns for daily e-cigarette users, or ‘vapers’, a new study led by Portland State University professor James F. Pankow has warned. Published in in Tobacco…
Few teens who try E-cigarettes become regular smokers, study finds
According to a new research, few teens who have tried E-cigarettes become regular users and most of these who do start regularly using them are habitual smokers. Published in the online journal…
US teens can easily order e-cigarettes online, study finds
According to a new study published in journal JAMA Pediatrics, it is easy for teens in the US to buy electronic cigarettes online. “In the absence of federal regulation, youth e-cigarette use…