E-Cigarettes Use Double Among Teenagers

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I am going to talk how smoking is still a problem amongst teenagers. In the article “ E-Cigarettes Use Double Among Students, Survey Shows,” Sabrina Tavernise writes about how teenagers end up using E-Cigarettes a lot more. E-Cigarettes are battery-powered devices that give nicotine that is vaporised, which from that it turns into aerosol mist. Sellers would advertise them as an alternative for smoking, but researchers say their health effects are not yet clear. Dr. Kenneth Warner, a professor of health management and the policy at the University of Michigan school of Public health, looked back through the data and found that among kids who have never smoked a cigarette, only 0.7% have ever tried an e-cigarette within the last 30 days.
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