E-Cigarettes Research

E-cigarettes are a good way to reduce the rate of smoking among teenagers. Teenage smokers have increased at an alarming rate especially in the United States (U.S.). These teenagers do not seem to care that smoking is the major cause of emphysema and lung cancer. Some areas have banned smoking in public places. There is also a push to have companies banned from advertising tobacco. These are but a few of the ways the U.S. is trying to reduce the rate of smoking. Most chain smokers and addicts start out at a very early age. They can be as young as eight years old and will extend into their adulthood according to Regan, Promoff, Dube and Arrazola (2013). Some young children try smoking because of peer pressure or basically because they want to see what it is like to smoke. E-cigarettes were designed as an alternative to smoking cigarettes, but without the nicotine. There is a possibility that if children started smoking e-cigarettes, they will eventually quit smoking altogether. …show more content…
This study showed that 23 percent of the students between 15 and 19 had tried e-cigarettes. Nineteen percent of the college or university students had never touched an e-cigarette. Very few of those in the study had smoked an e-cigarette within the 30 day research period. Based on the research done by Goniewicz and Zielinska-Danch (2012), it was concluded that about one in every five Polish teenagers had used an e-cigarette, and that the majority of the subjects had smoked a true cigarette. Goniewicz and Zielinska-Danch (2012) research was inconclusive. They were not able to conclude that the main drive of these high school students and college/university students was to smoke e-cigarettes. As more young people start using the electronic cigarettes, the traditional cigarettes may start to go