Teens Dousing Smoking, But Initiating Nicotine Use With Electronic Delivery Devices
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Researchers with the Monitoring the Future survey say e-cigarettes could serve as a point of entry into the use of nicotine. “For these youth, e-cigarettes are a primary source of nicotine and not a supplement to tobacco cigarette use,” the researchers say.
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