Tobacco Use is Soaring Among US Kids, Driven By E-cigarettes (axios.com)

Public health officials Monday said there's a growing epidemic of tobacco products currently used by children -- 4.9 million high school and middle school kids used tobacco products in 2018 up from 3.6 million in 2017 -- mainly due to a growth in e-cigarette usage. From a report: For the fifth year in a row, e-cigs were the most popular product amongst high school students, but in 2018 it reached unprecedented epidemic levels, with the addition of another 1.5 million kids, said Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Current users" are defined as people who've used a tobacco product in past 30 days. "Frequent users" are defined as people who've used the product for more than 20 out of the past 30 days.

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e-cigarrettes arent tobacco

[Anonymous Coward]

I personally doubt they are any better for you, but vape juice is definately not tobacco.

Re:e-cigarrettes arent tobacco

[wiggles]

That's not true. Nicotine is directly associated with increased stroke and heart attacks. It attacks the venous system.

https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com...

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[danlip]

However, nicotine is much more addictive than caffeine. It would be a mistake to equate them. And there are a variety of other chemicals in the vapes, which may or may not be harmful. And nicotine itself may contribute to cancer too.

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[wiggles]

No. Caffeine in the form of 4 cups or more of coffee per day actually has a preventative effect according to this meta-analysis:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...

Re:e-cigarrettes arent tobacco

[Oswald McWeany]

As does caffeine!

Quite the opposite. Caffeine (and more broadly, the coffee that many people consume it in), has all sorts of wide ranging health benefits. There have been hundreds of studies by people trying to prove how unhealthy coffee (and caffeine) is, and all the studies ending up proving the exact opposite; that it actually reduces all sorts of illnesses.

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[sjames]

From your link:

Conclusions: The use of NRT is not associated with any increase in the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death.

So no, nicotine minus the tar, particulates, and carbon monoxide is NOT associated with an increased of cardiovascular risk.

Looks like you read what you (for some reason) wanted to read rather than what was written.

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[Ol Olsoc]

As does caffeine!

Quite the opposite. Caffeine (and more broadly, the coffee that many people consume it in), has all sorts of wide ranging health benefits. There have been hundreds of studies by people trying to prove how unhealthy coffee (and caffeine) is, and all the studies ending up proving the exact opposite; that it actually reduces all sorts of illnesses.

In moderation though - I have a friend who damn near died from palpitations brought on by coffee consumption.

As well, the puritans who are shitting their pants because the tobacco users have found a loophole in vaping need vaping to be made as socially unacceptable as tobacco products.

As a coffee addict, I can tell you that they are hoping to latch onto it as the next thing to be eradicated.

Almost as if this is targetted to addiction

[WillAffleckUW]

Almost all nicotine addiction occurs in middle school (not, as many believe incorrectly, in high school and college), and there are people working for the tobacco addiction industry who know this and are doing what they can to addict the next generations of addicts.

And, don't lie to yourselves, you're addicts.

Me, I do socially acceptable addictions that are common in Seattle instead.

Bubble tea ftw!

Not tobacco

[Anonymous Coward]

I am not sure if anyone noticed but an e-cigarette contains no actual tobacco. As a cigar smoker I am sick of it getting lumped in.