Electronic cigarettes are not hooking a new generation of American youth on tobacco and data suggests the devices are helping current youth smokers quit the habit.
A new study from the Virginia Commonwealth University claims that using e-cigarettes at a younger age people three times more likely to become a smoker. The researchers gloss over evidence from their own study, however, to make the claim, which they use as justification for more government restrictions on the practice.
Dr. Stanton Glantz, a regular critic of vaping, led the researcher effort and argues the study adds to evidence that youth vaping has a “gateway effect.” Of the 3,757 freshmen who participated, students who entered the study as vapers were no more likely to start smoking than people who do not use the devices, reports Reason.
Just six students from the body of thousands that participated switched from vaping to smoking cigarettes, while 20 students who began the study as smokers transitioned to vaping.
A new study from the Virginia Commonwealth University claims that using e-cigarettes at a younger age people three times more likely to become a smoker. The researchers gloss over evidence from their own study, however, to make the claim, which they use as justification for more government restrictions on the practice.
Dr. Stanton Glantz, a regular critic of vaping, led the researcher effort and argues the study adds to evidence that youth vaping has a “gateway effect.” Of the 3,757 freshmen who participated, students who entered the study as vapers were no more likely to start smoking than people who do not use the devices, reports Reason.
Just six students from the body of thousands that participated switched from vaping to smoking cigarettes, while 20 students who began the study as smokers transitioned to vaping.
on Thu, 01/12/2017 - 01:09 admin
