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Vaping may lead teens to tobacco: study
A person smoking an electronic cigarette in Paris. E-cigarettes, marketed as an aide for stopping smoking, may instead nudge teens towards tobacco, claimed the latest study Tuesday in a flood of research on the controversial gadget. PHOTO | KENZO TRIBOUILLARD |
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Compared to those who never "vaped," those who tried it at least once in 2013 were almost three times more likely to have tried smoking a year later.
"Adolescents who use e-cigarettes are more likely to start smoking cigarettes," concluded the authors of the study published in the journal Tobacco Control.
"This result together with other findings suggests that policies restructuring adolescents' access to e-cigarettes may have a rationale from a public health standpoint."
E-cigarettes, marketed as an aide for stopping smoking, may instead nudge teens towards tobacco, claimed the latest study Tuesday in a flood of research on the controversial gadget.
Teenagers who used an e-cigarette were more likely to take up smoking a year later than those who never did, said the paper.
