{"id":1994,"date":"2018-12-07T12:31:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T01:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/learn-about-e-cigarettes-2\/"},"modified":"2018-12-07T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T01:31:08","slug":"learn-about-e-cigarettes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/learn-about-e-cigarettes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn About E-Cigarettes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

PREVENTION ALLIANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, were invented in 2003 by Chinese inventor and pharmacist Hon Lik. Although many companies and advocates continue to bill them as a safer, smokeless alternative to traditional cigarettes, a U.S. Surgeon General report alarmingly found that 16% of high school students regularly use e-cigarettes<\/a>. What\u2019s worse, many young people who begin using nicotine through e-cigarettes will start to use traditional cigarettes later<\/a>, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.<\/p>\n

Smokers need help to quit, and those who can\u2019t quit deserve a safer alternative. However, there\u2019s a growing body of research indicating that e-cigarettes do more harm than good<\/a>, and the companies selling them shamelessly advertise these products to youth in order to attract lifelong, valuable customers in ways that tobacco companies are prohibited from doing:<\/p>\n