Swapping regular cigarettes with electronic cigarettes is not a safer option among young people as e-cigars are a potential gateway to addiction, claim scientists at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
According to a new study, e-cigarettes, though promoted as an aid to quit smoking as well as a safer cigarette, deliver nicotine that pose particular risks to developing organs and brains in children.
Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD at the UIC, provides a detailed look at the composition and varieties of electronic cigarettes and what makes them so appealing to youths.
He described electronic cigarettes as a potential “gateway to addiction,” as they are often the first tobacco product a youngster tries, with nicotine dependence a common lead-in to abuse of other addictive substances.
Mary Cataletto, MD, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook said that pediatricians play a critical role in the education of children and families, and are considered an important and reliable source of healthcare information.
This review provides practitioners with comprehensive information about the dangers of electronic cigarettes and highlights the vulnerability of children to both the intense marketing surrounding e-cigarettes and their pharmacologic effects.
The review article ‘Electronic Cigarettes: Vulnerability of Youth’ is published in a peer-reviewed journal Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology.
Source: TheNewsReports
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