High-Nicotine E-Cigarettes May Make Teens Vape More, Study Warns (philly.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Philly.com: Teens who vape e-cigarettes with higher nicotine levels are more likely to start smoking conventional cigarettes soon after, new research shows. E-cigarettes are sold with nicotine levels ranging from zero to more than 25 milligrams of nicotine per milliliter (mg/mL). In this study, a high-nicotine device was defined as having levels at or above 18 mg/mL. Leventhal's team tracked outcomes for 181 grade-10 students from high schools in the Los Angeles area. All of the teens said they had used e-cigarettes within the past month, and they provided data on nicotine levels in the devices they used. Six months later, those who used higher nicotine levels in their e-cigarettes were more likely to report use of both e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes within the past month. These teens also reported vaping and/or smoking more intensely. While 43 percent of the students who'd used high-nicotine e-cigarettes said they were "frequent smokers" of traditional cigarettes six months later, that was true for only 10 percent of those who'd vaped using lower-nicotine devices, Leventhal's group found. And teens who vaped using high-nicotine e-cigarettes smoked an average of 14 times as many "regular" cigarettes per day six months later compared to those who'd tried nicotine-free versions of the devices, the findings showed. The study was published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Comments

Re:No shit.

[arkane1234]

If you slit your wrists with a clean knife, it's healthier too.

Re:Who Cares

[arkane1234]

Careful, even if you feel that way please don't type that since it's not true.
I understand you feel that way and you have deep feelings for it, but there are innocent unknowledgable people who read on the net.
All it takes is reading this and instantly thinking that nicotine is healthy.
It has NO comparison to caffeine. Like Zero. stop that.