Re:Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them
by WillPostForFood on Thursday May 05, 2016 @03:25PM
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But note that on the page you cite it says that overall tobacco use in middle school has not changed since 2011. So kids are substituting a more dangerous product (cigarettes) for a less dangerous product (vaping).
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Re:Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them
by Retric on Thursday May 05, 2016 @04:25PM
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That's reversing a long term trend of decreasing tobacco use among middle school students. Current usage patterns mean e-sig users tend to go back to tobacco at some point. Thus e-sig's may in fact act like the mythical 'gateway' drug among middle school students.
During 2000--2009, the prevalence of current tobacco use among middle school students declined (15.1% to 8.2%), as did current cigarette use (11.0% to 5.2%) and cigarette smoking experimentation (29.8% to 15.0%)