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An '''electronic cigarette''' ('''e-cig''' or '''e-cigarette'''), '''personal vaporizer''' ('''PV''') or '''electronic nicotine delivery system''' ('''ENDS''') is a ] device which simulates ] by producing a ] that resembles ]. It generally uses a ] known as an ], that ]s a liquid solution. Some solutions contain a mixture of ] and flavorings, while others release a flavored vapor without nicotine. | |||
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An '''electronic cigarette''' ('''e-cigarette'''), commonly called a '''vape''',{{#tag:ref|Also known as an '''e-cig''', '''vaporizer''', '''vape pen''', '''hookah pen''', '''e-pipe''', or, formally, '''electronic nicotine delivery system''' ('''ENDS''').<ref name=FDA2020/>|group=note}}<ref name=FDA2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/products-ingredients-components/vaporizers-e-cigarettes-and-other-electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems-ends|title=Vaporizers, E-Cigarettes, and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|date=14 February 2020}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> is a device that simulates ]. It consists of an ], a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of ], the user inhales ].<ref name=Cheng2014>{{cite journal|last1=Cheng|first1=T.|title=Chemical evaluation of electronic cigarettes|journal=Tobacco Control |volume=23 |issue=Supplement 2|year=2014|pages=ii11–ii17|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051482|pmc=3995255|pmid=24732157}}</ref> As such, using an e-cigarette is often called "'''vaping'''".<ref name=Orellana-Barrios2015/> The atomizer is a ] that vaporizes a ] called ],<ref name=Weaver2014/> which quickly cools into an aerosol of tiny droplets, vapor and air.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=David |first1=Grégory |last2=Parmentier |first2=Evelyne A. |last3=Taurino |first3=Irene |last4=Signorell |first4=Ruth |title=Tracing the composition of single e-cigarette aerosol droplets in situ by laser-trapping and Raman scattering |journal=Scientific Reports |date=December 2020 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=7929 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-64886-5 |pmid=32404884 |pmc=7220912 |bibcode=2020NatSR..10.7929D }}</ref> The vapor mainly comprises ] and/or ], usually with ] and ]. Its ], and depends on several things including user behavior.{{#tag:ref|A 2014 review found "In addition to the uniqueness of the liquid compositions in each brand, inconsistency of both the device performance properties and the data collection methodologies used by researchers contribute to the observed variation in constituent levels and to the range of particle size distributions among products."<ref name=Cheng2014/>|group=note}} | |||
E-cigarettes are activated by taking a puff or pressing a button.<ref name=Orellana-Barrios2015/><ref name=Rahman2014/> Some look like ],<ref name=Orellana-Barrios2015/><ref name=Pepper2013>{{cite journal |last1=Pepper|first1=J. K.|last2=Brewer|first2=N. T.|title=Electronic nicotine delivery system (electronic cigarette) awareness, use, reactions and beliefs: a systematic review|journal=Tobacco Control |volume=23|issue=5|year=2013|pages=375–384|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051122 |pmc=4520227|pmid=24259045}}</ref> and most kinds are reusable.{{refn|group=note|"Most ENDS consist of a rechargeable, battery-operated heating element and a replaceable or refillable cartridge for the e-liquid. An atomizer heats the liquid in the cartridge to convert it into an aerosol, which is then inhaled by the user. Most of these products are rechargeable, but some are disposable."<ref name=DropeCahn2017>{{cite journal |last1=Drope |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Cahn |first2=Zachary |last3=Kennedy |first3=Rosemary |last4=Liber |first4=Alex C. |last5=Stoklosa |first5=Michal |last6=Henson |first6=Rosemarie |last7=Douglas |first7=Clifford E. |last8=Drope |first8=Jacqui |title=Key issues surrounding the health impacts of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and other sources of nicotine |journal=CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians |volume=67 |issue=6 |pages=449–471 |date=November 2017 |issn=0007-9235 |doi=10.3322/caac.21413 |pmid=28961314 |s2cid=32928770 |doi-access=free}}</ref>}} | |||
First generation electronic cigarettes were usually designed to simulate smoking implements, such as ]s or ]s, in their use and appearance.<ref name=Farsalinos2014/> They produced less vapor than second generation personal vaporizers since they use smaller batteries.<ref name=Farsalinos2014>{{cite pmid | 24569565}}</ref> New generation electronic cigarettes have an increased nicotine-dispersal performance,{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} housing higher capacity batteries,<ref name="mcqueen2011"/> and come in various form factors, including metal tubes and boxes.<ref name="mcqueen2011">{{Cite journal|pmid=21571692|doi=10.1093/ntr/ntr088|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research|year=2011|volume=13|issue=9|title=Interviews with "vapers": implications for future research with electronic cigarettes|url=http://www.stop-tabac.ch/fra/images/stories/documents_stop_tabac/interview%20with%20vapers.pdf|last2=Tower|author3-last=Sumner|first=Amy|last=McQueen|first2=Stephanie|first3=Walton|pages=860–7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/oct/18/faqs-about-electronic-cigarettes/ |title=FAQs about electronic cigarettes – Las Vegas Sun News |publisher=] |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2013/10/07/da-vaping-nicotine-gadget-craze-reaches-southern-utah/ |title=Vaping; nicotine gadget craze reaches Southern Utah |publisher=St George News |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
Nicotine is highly addictive,<ref name="AAP_Policy_ENDS">{{cite journal |title=Policy on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) |journal=American Academy of Pediatrics |date=2020 |url=https://www.aapd.org/media/policies_guidelines/p_electroniccig.pdf |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="AAO_Statement">{{cite journal |title=Position Statements on e-cigarettes |journal=American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) |date=21 April 2021 |url=http://entnet.org/resource/position-statements-on-e-cigarettes/ |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113061837/https://www.entnet.org/resource/position-statements-on-e-cigarettes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="FIRS_Statement">{{cite journal |last1=Schraufnagel |first1=Dean E. |last2=Blasi |first2=Francesco |last3=Drummond |first3=M. Bradley |last4=Lam |first4=David C. L. |last5=Latif |first5=Ehsan |last6=Rosen |first6=Mark J. |last7=Sansores |first7=Raul |last8=Van Zyl-Smit |first8=Richard |title=Electronic Cigarettes. A Position Statement of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies |journal=American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine |date=15 September 2014 |volume=190 |issue=6 |pages=611–618 |doi=10.1164/rccm.201407-1198PP |pmid=25006874 |s2cid=43763340 |url=https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.201407-1198PP |access-date=13 November 2022 |issn=1073-449X}}</ref> Users become physically and psychologically dependent.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Miyasato |first=K. |title= |journal=Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine |volume=71 |issue=3 |pages=477–481 |date=March 2013 |pmid=23631239 |language=ja}}</ref> Addiction to e-cigarettes appears lower than from smoking, with slower nicotine absorption rates.<ref name="NASEM">{{cite journal |last1=National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) |title=Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes |date=18 May 2018 |doi=10.17226/24952 |pmid=NBK507163 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507163/ |publisher=National Academies Press (US) |language=en}|quote="There is moderate evidence that risk and severity of dependence are lower for e-cigarettes than combustible tobacco cigarettes."}</ref><ref name="OHID">{{cite journal |last1=UK Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) |title=Nicotine vaping in England: an evidence update including health risks and perceptions, September 2022. A report commissioned by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. |date=2022 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107701/Nicotine-vaping-in-England-2022-report.pdf |access-date=27 December 2024 |ref=OHID |publisher=UK.GOV |quote=...there is substantial evidence that vaping product use delivers lower peak and overall nicotine levels to users than smoking, which may translate to lower dependence risks compared with smoking.}}</ref> Scientists do not know how harmful e-cigarettes are over the long-term<ref name="Marques2021">{{cite journal |last1=Marques |first1=Patrice |last2=Piqueras |first2=Laura |last3=Sanz |first3=Maria-Jesus |title=An updated overview of e-cigarette impact on human health |journal=Respiratory Research |date=December 2021 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=151 |doi=10.1186/s12931-021-01737-5|pmid=34006276 |pmc=8129966 |s2cid=234753956 |quote="the safety of e-cigarette consumption and its potential as a smoking cessation method remain controversial due to limited evidence...the potential long-term effects of e-cigarette consumption have been scarcely investigated." |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Walley2019">{{cite journal |last1=Walley |first1=Susan C. |last2=Wilson |first2=Karen M. |last3=Winickoff |first3=Jonathan P. |last4=Groner |first4=Judith |title=A Public Health Crisis: Electronic Cigarettes, Vape, and JUUL |journal=Pediatrics |date=1 June 2019 |volume=143 |issue=6 |pages=e20182741 |doi=10.1542/peds.2018-2741|pmid=31122947 |s2cid=163165584 |quote="Because e-cigarettes have only been marketed for ~10 years... scientific data are limited and will continue to emerge. Because e-cigarette solutions and emissions have been shown to contain nicotine and many of the same harmful toxicants and carcinogens as cigarettes, it is reasonable to assume that there is the potential for similar health effects for e-cigarette use, particularly with emerging data of tobacco toxicant exposure found among e-cigarette users."|doi-access=free }}</ref> because it is ] of vaping from the effects of smoking when so many people both vape and smoke.{{efn|group=note|"Once again, there is a strong potential for confounding, such that comparisons of dual users with smokers who do not use e-cigarettes will not yield meaningful causal estimates"<ref name=DropeCahn2017/>}}<ref name="Kim2020">{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Sooyong |last2=Selya |first2=Arielle S |title=The Relationship Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Conventional Cigarette Smoking Is Largely Attributable to Shared Risk Factors |journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research |date=12 June 2020 |volume=22 |issue=7 |pages=1123–1130 |doi=10.1093/ntr/ntz157|pmid=31680169 |pmc=7291806 |quote="past research remains inconclusive due to heavy confounding between cigarette and e-cigarette use"}}</ref> E-cigarettes have not been used widely enough or for long enough to be sure.<ref name="Gotts2019LongTerm">{{cite journal |last1=Gotts |first1=Jeffrey E |last2=Jordt |first2=Sven-Eric |last3=McConnell |first3=Rob |last4=Tarran |first4=Robert |title=What are the respiratory effects of e-cigarettes? |journal=BMJ |date=30 September 2019 |volume=366 |pages=l5275 |pmid=31570493 |pmc=7850161 |doi=10.1136/bmj.l5275 |quote="We reiterate that, to date, no long term vaping toxicological/safety studies have been done in humans; without these data, saying with certainty that e-cigarettes are safer than combustible cigarettes is impossible."}}</ref><ref name="Benowitz2016">{{cite journal |last1=Benowitz |first1=Neal L. |last2=Burbank |first2=Andrea D. |title=Cardiovascular toxicity of nicotine: Implications for electronic cigarette use |journal=Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine |date=August 2016 |volume=26 |issue=6 |pages=515–523 |doi=10.1016/j.tcm.2016.03.001|pmid=27079891 |pmc=4958544 |quote="It is difficult to distinguish the independent roles of nicotine vs tobacco combustion products in cigarette smokers because all smokers are exposed to both."}}</ref><ref name="BalsBoyd2019">{{cite journal |last1=Bals |first1=Robert |last2=Boyd |first2=Jeanette |last3=Esposito |first3=Susanna |last4=Foronjy |first4=Robert |last5=Hiemstra |first5=Pieter |last6=Jiménez-Ruiz |first6=Carlos A. |last7=Katsaounou |first7=Paraskevi |last8=Lindberg |first8=Anne |last9=Metz |first9=Carlos |last10=Schober |first10=Wolfgang |last11=Spira |first11=Avrum |last12=Blasi |first12=Francesco |title=Electronic cigarettes: a task force report from the European Respiratory Society |journal=European Respiratory Journal |date=February 2019 |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=1801151 |doi=10.1183/13993003.01151-2018 |doi-access=free |pmid=30464018 |s2cid=53711734 |issn=0903-1936 |quote="The long-term effects of ECIG use are unknown, and there is therefore no evidence that ECIGs are safer than tobacco in the long term. Based on current knowledge, negative health effects cannot be ruled out."}}</ref> | |||
The benefits and risks of electronic cigarette use are uncertain.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Odum|first1=L. E.|last2=O'Dell|first2=K. A.|last3=Schepers|first3=J. S.|title=Electronic cigarettes: do they have a role in smoking cessation?|journal=Journal of pharmacy practice|date=December 2012|volume=25|issue=6|pages=611–4|pmid=22797832|doi=10.1177/0897190012451909}}</ref><ref name="WHO2013">{{cite web|title=Questions and answers on electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)|url=http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/statements/eletronic_cigarettes/en/index.html|work=World Health Organization|date=9 July 2013}}</ref> They carry a risk of ],<ref name="WHO2013"/> and their regulation is the subject of ongoing debate.<ref name=Sait2014/> There are concerns that these products should be adequately regulated, mainly to protect users, while avoiding unintended consequences caused by excessive or inappropriate regulation.<ref name=Sait2014/> Most people who use electronic cigarettes have a history of smoking cigarettes while some young people who have never smoked cigarettes have tried electronic cigarettes at least once.<ref name=Car2014/> The frequency of use has increased with up to 10% of American high school students having ever used them as of 2012 and around 3.4% of American adults as of 2011.<ref name=Car2014>{{cite journal|last=Carroll Chapman|first=SL|author2=Wu, LT|title=E-cigarette prevalence and correlates of use among adolescents versus adults: A review and comparison.|journal=Journal of psychiatric research|date=Mar 18, 2014|pmid=24680203}}</ref> | |||
Vaping is likely far less harmful than smoking, but still harmful.<ref>{{harvp|National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|2018|p={{page needed|date=January 2023}}}}: "Laboratory tests of e-cigarette ingredients, in vitro toxicological tests, and short-term human studies suggest that e-cigarettes are likely to be far less harmful than combustible tobacco cigarettes."</ref><ref name="NICE_2021">{{cite web |first1=The National Institute for |last1=Health and Care Excellence|title=Recommendations on treating tobacco dependence Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence. Guidance NICE |url=https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng209/chapter/recommendations-on-treating-tobacco-dependence |website=www.nice.org.uk |date=30 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2022 |quote=use of e‑cigarettes is likely to be substantially less harmful than smoking}}</ref><ref name="ajph.aphapublications.org">{{Cite journal |title=Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes |date=September 2021 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2021.306416 |last1=Balfour |first1=David J. K. |last2=Benowitz |first2=Neal L. |last3=Colby |first3=Suzanne M. |last4=Hatsukami |first4=Dorothy K. |last5=Lando |first5=Harry A. |last6=Leischow |first6=Scott J. |last7=Lerman |first7=Caryn |last8=Mermelstein |first8=Robin J. |last9=Niaura |first9=Raymond |last10=Perkins |first10=Kenneth A. |last11=Pomerleau |first11=Ovide F. |last12=Rigotti |first12=Nancy A. |last13=Swan |first13=Gary E. |last14=Warner |first14=Kenneth E. |last15=West |first15=Robert |journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=111 |issue=9 |pages=1661–1672 |pmid=34410826 |pmc=8589069 |quote=Among potentially toxic substances common to both products, cigarette smoke generally contains substantially larger quantities than e-cigarette aerosol. However, e-cigarette aerosol contains some substances not found in cigarette smoke."}}</ref> E-cigarette vapor contains far fewer ]s than cigarette smoke, and at much lower concentrations. The vapor contains traces of harmful substances not found in cigarette smoke.<ref name="ajph.aphapublications.org"/> E-cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective than ] (NRT) for ].<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Lindson |first1=Nicola |last2=Butler |first2=Ailsa R. |last3=McRobbie |first3=Hayden |last4=Bullen |first4=Chris |last5=Hajek |first5=Peter |last6=Begh |first6=Rachna |last7=Theodoulou |first7=Annika |last8=Notley |first8=Caitlin |last9=Rigotti |first9=Nancy A. |last10=Turner |first10=Tari |last11=Livingstone-Banks |first11=Jonathan |last12=Morris |first12=Tom |last13=Hartmann-Boyce |first13=Jamie |date=2024-01-08 |title=Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=CD010216 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub8 |issn=1469-493X |pmc=10772980 |pmid=38189560|pmc-embargo-date=January 8, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lindson |first1=N |last2=Butler |first2=AR |last3=McRobbie |first3=H |last4=Bullen |first4=C |last5=Hajek |first5=P |last6=Begh |first6=R |last7=Theodoulou |first7=A |last8=Notley |first8=C |last9=Rigotti |first9=NA |last10=Turner |first10=T |last11=Livingstone-Banks |first11=J |last12=Morris |first12=T |last13=Hartmann-Boyce |first13=J |title=Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation. |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |date=8 January 2024 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=CD010216 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub8 |pmid=38189560 |pmc=10772980 |pmc-embargo-date=January 8, 2025 |url=https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub8/full |access-date=17 April 2024 |ref=Jan'24Cochrane}}</ref> However, e-cigarettes have not been subject to the same rigorous testing that most nicotine replacement therapy products have,<ref name=":2">{{cite journal |last1=Carpenter |first1=Matthew J. |last2=Wahlquist |first2=Amy E. |last3=Dahne |first3=Jennifer |last4=Gray |first4=Kevin M. |last5=Cummings |first5=K. Michael |last6=Warren |first6=Graham |last7=Wagener |first7=Theodore L. |last8=Goniewicz |first8=Maciej L. |last9=Smith |first9=Tracy T. |title="Effect of unguided e-cigarette provision on uptake, use, and smoking cessation among adults who smoke in the USA: a naturalistic, randomised, controlled clinical trial."|journal=eClinicalMedicine |date=September 2023 |volume=63 |pages=102142 |doi=10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102142|pmid=37753443 |pmc=10518503 }}</ref> and health warnings may encourage a smoker to quit vaping.<ref name="Al-HamdaniHopkins2019" /> | |||
A "smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" was patented in 1963 by Herbert A. Gilbert, which drew moistened air through a heating element.<ref name="Smokeless non-tobacco cigarette US Patent 3200819 A">{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/patents/US3200819 | title=Smokeless non-tobacco cigarette US Patent 3200819 A | publisher=Gilbert Herbert A | date=17 August 1965 | accessdate=27 February 2014 | author=Gilbert Herbert A}}</ref> Hon Lik invented an e-cigarette using ] components in 2003.<ref name=Demick2009/> Because of the relative novelty of the technology and the possible relationship to tobacco laws and medical drug policies, electronic cigarette legislation and public health investigations are currently pending in many countries.<ref name=Etter2011/> Current regulations vary widely, from regions with no regulations to others banning the devices entirely.<ref name=Etter2011/> | |||
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The ] (WHO) has stated that the efficacy of electronic cigarettes as an aid in smoking cessation has not been demonstrated. They recommend that "consumers should be strongly advised not to use" electronic cigarettes until a reputable national regulatory body has found them safe and effective.<ref name="WHO2013"/> | |||
An electronic cigarette consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery,<ref>{{cite web|title=What's in an E-Cigarette?|url=https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/e-cigarettes-vaping/whats-in-an-e-cigarette|publisher=American Lung Association|year=2023}}</ref> and a container for e-liquid such as a cartridge or tank. | |||
A 2011 review says that electronic cigarettes may aid in smoking cessation and are likely to be more effective than traditional pharmacotherapy, as the physical stimuli of holding and puffing on the electronic cigarette may be better at reducing short-term cravings.<ref name=Cahn2011>{{cite journal |last1= M. |first1=Z. |last2=Siegel |title=Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy for tobacco control: a step forward or a repeat of past mistakes? |journal=Journal of public health policy |date=February 2011 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=16–31 |pmid=21150942 |doi= 10.1057/jphp.2010.41 |first2= M}}</ref> The review found no studies that directly measured | |||
the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation, and examined two published studies that indirectly considered the issue by measuring the effect of the product on cravings and other short-term indicators.<ref name=Cahn2011/> Another review felt that they may be a reasonable substitute for cigarette smoking.<ref name=Sait2014>{{cite journal|last=Saitta|first=D|coauthors=Ferro, GA; Polosa, R|title=Achieving appropriate regulations for electronic cigarettes.|journal=Therapeutic advances in chronic disease|date=Mar 2014|volume=5|issue=2|pages=50–61|pmid=24587890}}</ref> | |||
E-cigarettes have evolved over time, and the different designs are classified in generations. First-generation e-cigarettes tend to look like traditional cigarettes and are called "cigalikes".<ref name=Farsalinos2014>{{cite journal|author1=Farsalinos KE|author2=Spyrou A|author3=Tsimopoulou K|author4=Stefopoulos C|author5=Romagna G|author6=Voudris V|title=Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: Comparison between first and new-generation devices|journal=Scientific Reports|volume=4|pages=4133|year=2014|bibcode=2014NatSR...4E4133F|doi=10.1038/srep04133|pmc=3935206|pmid=24569565}}</ref><ref name=Bhatnagar2014/> Second-generation devices are larger and look less like traditional cigarettes.<ref name=McRobbie2014>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/e-cigarette_briefing.pdf|title=Electronic cigarettes|author=Hayden McRobbie|pages=1–16|publisher=National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training|year=2014|access-date=4 June 2014|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423185420/https://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/e-cigarette_briefing.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Third-generation devices include mechanical mods and variable ] devices.<ref name=Farsalinos2014/> The fourth-generation includes sub-ohm tanks (meaning they have electrical resistance of less than 1 ]) and ].<ref name=Farsalinos2015>{{cite web|url=https://gfn.net.co/downloads/2015/Plenary%203/Konstantinos%20Farsalinos.pdf|title=Electronic cigarette evolution from the first to fourth generation and beyond|page=23|author=Konstantinos Farsalinos|publisher=Global Forum on Nicotine|year=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708172614/http://gfn.net.co/downloads/2015/Plenary%203/Konstantinos%20Farsalinos.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are also ] devices that use ], rather than ] nicotine found in earlier generations,<ref name=JenssenBoykan2019/> providing higher nicotine yields.<ref name=Weedston2019>{{cite news|url=https://www.thefix.com/fda-investigate-whether-vaping-causes-seizures|title=FDA To Investigate Whether Vaping Causes Seizures|last1=Weedston|first1=Lindsey|work=The Fix|date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=Barrington-TrimisLeventhal2018>{{cite journal|last1=Barrington-Trimis|first1=Jessica L.|last2=Leventhal|first2=Adam M.|title=Adolescents' Use of "Pod Mod" E-Cigarettes — Urgent Concerns|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=379|issue=12|year=2018|pages=1099–1102|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMp1805758|pmid=30134127|pmc=7489756|doi-access=free}}</ref> | |||
The ] (AAPHP) suggests those who are unwilling to quit tobacco smoking or unable to quit with medical advice and pharmaceutical methods should consider other nicotine containing products such as electronic cigarettes and ] for long term use instead of smoking.<ref>{{cite web |title=Principles to Guide AAPHP Tobacco Policy |url=http://www.aaphp.org/tobacco|work=American Association of Public Health Physicians |accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
===E-liquid=== | |||
The ] (BMA) reports there is a possibility for smoking cessation benefits, but has concerns that e-cigarettes are less regulated than ] (NRT), and that there is no ] evidence of their safety or efficacy. They recommend a "strong regulatory framework" for e-cigarette distribution in order to ensure their safety, quality, and that their marketing and sales are restricted to adults. The BMA encourages health professionals to recommend conventional nicotine replacement therapies, but for patients unwilling to use or continue those methods, they say health professionals may present e-cigarettes as a lower-risk option than tobacco smoking.<ref name="BMA handout">{{cite web|title=BMA calls for stronger regulation of e-cigarettes|url=http://bma.org.uk/-/media/Files/PDFs/Working%20for%20change/Improving%20health/tobaccoecigarettespublicplaces_jan2013.pdf|publisher=British Medical Association|accessdate=18 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
The mixture used in ] such as e-cigarettes is called e-liquid.<ref name="JankowskiBrożek2017">{{cite journal|last1=Jankowski|first1=Mateusz|last2=Brożek |first2=Grzegorz |last3=Lawson|first3=Joshua|last4=Skoczyński|first4=Szymon|last5=Zejda|first5=Jan |title=E-smoking: Emerging public health problem?|journal=International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health|volume=30 |issue=3|pages=329–344|year=2017|issn=1232-1087|doi=10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01046|pmid=28481369|doi-access=free}}</ref> E-liquid formulations vary widely.<ref name=Bhatnagar2014/><ref name=Bertholon2013/> A typical e-liquid is composed of ] and ] (95%) and a combination of ], ], and other additives (5%).<ref name=England2015>{{cite journal |last1=England|first1=Lucinda J.|last2=Bunnell|first2=Rebecca E.|last3=Pechacek|first3=Terry F.|last4=Tong|first4=Van T.|last5=McAfee|first5=Tim A.|title=Nicotine and the Developing Human|journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine|year=2015|volume=49|issue=2|pages=286–93|issn=0749-3797|doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.015|pmc=4594223|pmid=25794473}}</ref><ref name=JimenezRuiz2014>{{cite journal|last1=Jimenez Ruiz|first1=CA|last2=Solano Reina|first2=S|last3=de Granda Orive|first3=JI|last4=Signes-Costa Minaya|first4=J|last5=de Higes Martinez|first5=E|last6=Riesco Miranda|first6=JA|last7=Altet Gómez|first7=N|last8=Lorza Blasco|first8=JJ|last9=Barrueco Ferrero|first9=M|last10=de Lucas Ramos|first10=P|title=The electronic cigarette. Official statement of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) on the efficacy, safety and regulation of electronic cigarettes|journal=Archivos de Bronconeumologia|date=August 2014|volume=50|issue=8|pages=362–7|doi=10.1016/j.arbres.2014.02.006|pmid=24684764}}</ref> The flavorings may be natural, artificial,<ref name=Bertholon2013>{{cite journal|last1=Bertholon|first1=J.F.|last2=Becquemin|first2=M.H.|last3=Annesi-Maesano|first3=I.|last4=Dautzenberg|first4=B.|title=Electronic Cigarettes: A Short Review|journal=Respiration|year=2013|issn=1423-0356 |volume=86|issue=5|pages=433–8|doi=10.1159/000353253|pmid=24080743|doi-access=free}}</ref> or ].<ref name=Nosowitz2015>{{cite news|author1=Dan Nosowitz|title=America's First Certified Organic E-Cigarette Vaping Liquid Is Here|url=http://modernfarmer.com/2015/06/americas-first-certified-organic-e-cigarette-vaping-liquid-is-here/|publisher=Modern Farmer|date=5 June 2015}}</ref> Over 80 harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde and metallic nanoparticles have been found in e-liquids at trace quantities.<ref name="Thirión-RomeroPérez-Padilla2019">{{cite journal|last1=Thirión-Romero|first1=Ireri|last2=Pérez-Padilla|first2=Rogelio |last3=Zabert|first3=Gustavo|last4=Barrientos-Gutiérrez|first4=Inti |title=Respiratory Impact of Electronic Cigarettes and Low-Risk Tobacco|journal=Revista de investigación Clínica|volume=71|issue=1|pages=17–27|year=2019 |issn=0034-8376|doi=10.24875/RIC.18002616|pmid=30810544 |doi-access=free|s2cid=73511138}}</ref> There are many e-liquid manufacturers,<ref name=Blackwell2015>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmond.com/business/local/article_9f65201a-94c0-51b1-9663-f9fbb5c522af.html |title=Avail Vapor offers glimpse into the 'art and science' of e-liquids|author=John Reid Blackwell|publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=7 June 2015}}</ref> and more than 15,000 flavors.<ref name=HenryKligerman2019>{{cite journal|last1=Henry|first1=Travis S.|last2=Kligerman|first2=Seth J.|last3=Raptis|first3=Constantine A.|last4=Mann |first4=Howard|last5=Sechrist|first5=Jacob W.|last6=Kanne|first6=Jeffrey P. |title=Imaging Findings of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury|journal=American Journal of Roentgenology|volume=214|issue=3|year=2020|pages=498–505 |issn=0361-803X|doi=10.2214/AJR.19.22251|pmid=31593518|s2cid=203985885}}</ref> | |||
Many countries regulate what e-liquids can contain. In the US, there are ] (FDA) compulsory manufacturing standards<ref name=FDA-Manufacturing-2016>{{cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Manufacturing/default.htm|title=Manufacturing|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|date=12 August 2016}}</ref> and American E-liquid Manufacturing Standards Association (AEMSA) recommended manufacturing standards.<ref name=AEMSA2015>{{Cite book|title=E-Liquid Manufacturing Standards|url=http://www.aemsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AEMSA-Standards-v2.3.pdf|location=US|publisher=American E-Liquid Manufacturing Standards Association (AEMSA)|date=4 September 2015|pages=1–13}}</ref> European Union standards are published in the EU ].<ref name=FameleFerranti2014>{{cite journal|last1=Famele|first1=M.|last2=Ferranti|first2=C.|last3=Abenavoli|first3=C.|last4=Palleschi|first4=L.|last5=Mancinelli|first5=R.|last6=Draisci|first6=R.|title=The Chemical Components of Electronic Cigarette Cartridges and Refill Fluids: Review of Analytical Methods|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research|volume=17|issue=3|year=2014|pages=271–279|issn=1462-2203|doi=10.1093/ntr/ntu197|pmc=5479507 |pmid=25257980}}</ref> | |||
One review found electronic systems appear to generally deliver less nicotine than smoking, raising the question of whether they can effectively substitute for tobacco smoking over a long-term period.<ref name=O2012/> | |||
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A 2013 randomized controlled trial found no difference in smoking cessation rates between e-cigarettes with nicotine, e-cigarettes without nicotine and traditional NRT patches.<ref name="Polosa2013">{{citation|first=Riccardo |last=Polosa|first2=Brad|last2=Rodu|author3-first=Pasquale|author3-last=Caponnetto|author4-first=Marilena |author4-last=Maglia|author5-first=Cirino |author5-last=Raciti|journal=Harm Reduction Journal| volume=10|issue=10|title=A fresh look at tobacco harm reduction: the case for the electronic cigarette |year=2013|url=http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1477-7517-10-19.pdf|pmid=24090432|doi=10.1186/1477-7517-10-19}}</ref> There are some ] that reported possible benefit.<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://archest.fsm.it/pne/pdf/79/01/pne79-1-04-caponnetto-polosa.pdf | last1 = Caponnetto | first1 = P. | last2 = Russo | first2 = C. | last3 = Bruno | first3 = CM. | last4 = Alamo |first4 = A. | last5 = Amaradio | first5 = MD. | last6 = Polosa | first6 = R. | title = Electronic cigarette: a possible substitute for cigarette dependence | journal = Monaldi Arch Chest Dis | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 12–9 |date=Mar 2013 | doi = | pmid = 23741941 }}</ref> | |||
In 2019 a study found that the metal coils of e-cigarettes can leach metal into the e-liquid leading to permanent lung damage in some cases. Research has shown that higher voltages generate more heat and release more toxic substances into the e-liquid. Vaping cannabis usually involves higher temperatures than nicotine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Toxic metal, leached from e-cigarette coil, permanently scars woman's lung |website=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/vaping/toxic-metal-leached-e-cigarette-coil-permanently-scars-woman-s-n1095156}}</ref> | |||
Electronic cigarettes were not regularly associated with trying to quit tobacco among young people.<ref name=Car2014/> Adults most often used electronic cigarettes as a replacement for tobacco, although not invariably to quit.<ref name=Car2014/> | |||
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== Use == | ||
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Electronic cigarettes should have fewer toxic effects than traditional cigarettes,<ref name=O2012>{{cite journal|last=O'Connor|first=RJ|title=Non-cigarette tobacco products: what have we learnt and where are we headed?|journal=Tobacco control|date=March 2012|volume=21|issue=2|pages=181–90|pmid=22345243|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050281|pmc=3716250}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kufe|first=Donald W.|title=Holland-Frei cancer medicine.|year=2009|publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical|location=New York|isbn=9781607950141|page=395|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=R0FbhLsWHBEC&pg=PA395|edition=8th}}</ref> and evidence suggests they are safer than real cigarettes, and possibly as safe as other ].<ref name=Cahn2011/> | |||
=== Popularity === | |||
In an interview, the director of the Office on Smoking and Health for the U.S. federal agency ] (CDC) states that there is enough evidence to say that switching to electronic cigarettes would likely be healthier than smoking. However, due to the lack of regulation of the contents of the numerous different brands of electronic cigarettes and the presence of nicotine, which is not a benign substance, the CDC has issued warnings.<ref name = "CDC Q&A" /> | |||
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Since entering the market around 2003, e-cigarette use has risen rapidly.<ref name="Rom2014" /><ref name="BourkeBauld2017">{{cite journal|last1=Bourke|first1=Liam|last2=Bauld|first2=Linda|last3=Bullen |first3=Christopher |last4=Cumberbatch|first4=Marcus|last5=Giovannucci|first5=Edward|last6=Islami |first6=Farhad|last7=McRobbie|first7=Hayden|last8=Silverman|first8=Debra T.|last9=Catto|first9=James W.F. |title=E-cigarettes and Urologic Health: A Collaborative Review of Toxicology, Epidemiology, and Potential Risks|journal=European Urology|volume=71|issue=6|pages=915–923|year=2017|issn=0302-2838|doi=10.1016/j.eururo.2016.12.022|pmid=28073600|hdl=1893/24937 |hdl-access=free |url=http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/24937/1/E-cigarettes_review%20091216.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Schraufnage2014">{{cite journal|last1=Schraufnagel|first1=Dean E.|last2=Blasi|first2=Francesco |last3=Drummond|first3=M. Bradley|last4=Lam|first4=David C. L.|last5=Latif|first5=Ehsan|last6=Rosen |first6=Mark J.|last7=Sansores|first7=Raul|last8=Van Zyl-Smit|first8=Richard|title=Electronic Cigarettes. A Position Statement of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies|journal=American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|volume=190|issue=6|year=2014|pages=611–618|issn=1073-449X|doi=10.1164/rccm.201407-1198PP |pmid=25006874 |s2cid=43763340 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/10758143}}</ref> In 2011 there were about 7 million adult e-cigarette users globally, increasing to 68 million in 2020 compared with 1.1 billion cigarette smokers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shapiro|first=Harry|date=2020|title=Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction |url=https://gsthr.org/resources/item/burning-issues-global-state-tobacco-harm-reduction-2020}}</ref> There was a further rise to 82 million e-cigarette users in 2021.<ref name="GSTHR_Report">{{cite web |title=82 million vapers worldwide in 2021: the GSTHR estimate |url=https://gsthr.org/briefing-papers/82-million-vapers-worldwide-in-2021-the-gsthr-estimate/ |website=Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> This increase has been attributed to targeted marketing, lower cost compared to conventional cigarettes, and the better safety profile of e-cigarettes compared to tobacco.<ref name="CamengaKlein2016">{{cite journal |last1=Camenga|first1=Deepa R.|last2=Klein|first2=Jonathan D.|title=Tobacco Use Disorders|journal=Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America|volume=25|issue=3|year=2016|pages=445–460|issn=1056-4993 |doi=10.1016/j.chc.2016.02.003|pmc=4920978|pmid=27338966}}</ref> E-cigarette use is highest in China, the US, and Europe, with China having the most users.<ref name="Rahman2014" /><ref name="CaiWang2017">{{cite journal |last1=Cai|first1=Hua|last2=Wang|first2=Chen|title=Graphical review: The redox dark side of e-cigarettes; exposure to oxidants and public health concerns|journal=Redox Biology|volume=13|year=2017|pages=402–406|issn=2213-2317 |doi=10.1016/j.redox.2017.05.013|pmc=5493817|pmid=28667909}}</ref> | |||
=== Motivation === | |||
One review raised concerns about the lack of regulatory oversight over the manufacturing process, marketing, and quality control. Also of concern were the purity of ingredients as well as the ease with which these devices can be modified.<ref name=O2012/> | |||
], in a 2018 ] poll<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/index.php/eng/News/Data-news/Lung-cancer-deaths-on-the-rise-in-two-thirds-of-European-countries|title=Lung cancer deaths on the rise in two thirds of European countries |last1=Aguilar|first1=Carmen|publisher=VoxEurop/The European Data Journalism Network (EDJNet)|date=11 June 2018}}</ref>]] | |||
There are varied reasons for e-cigarette use.<ref name=Rahman2014>{{cite journal|last1=Rahman|first1=Muhammad|last2=Hann|first2=Nicholas|last3=Wilson|first3=Andrew|last4=Worrall-Carter|first4=Linda|title=Electronic cigarettes: patterns of use, health effects, use in smoking cessation and regulatory issues|journal=Tobacco Induced Diseases|volume=12|issue=1|year=2014|pages=21|doi=10.1186/1617-9625-12-21|pmc=4350653|pmid=25745382 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Most users are trying to quit smoking,<ref name=Siu2015/> but a large proportion of use is recreational or as an attempt to get around ].<ref name=Rahman2014/><ref name=Pepper2013/><ref name=GlantzBareham2018/><ref name=Siu2015/> Many people vape because they believe vaping is safer than smoking.<ref name=Tomashefski2016>{{cite journal|last1=Tomashefski|first1=A|title=The perceived effects of electronic cigarettes on health by adult users: A state of the science systematic literature review.|journal=Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners|volume=28|issue=9|pages=510–515|date=21 March 2016|doi=10.1002/2327-6924.12358|pmid=26997487|s2cid=42900184}}</ref><ref name=Wang2016>{{cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Meng|last2=Wang|first2=Jian-Wei|last3=Cao|first3=Shuang-Shuang|last4=Wang|first4=Hui-Qin|last5=Hu|first5=Ru-Ying |title=Cigarette Smoking and Electronic Cigarettes Use: A Meta-Analysis|journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|volume=13|issue=1|year=2016|pages=120|issn=1660-4601|doi=10.3390/ijerph13010120 |pmc=4730511|pmid=26771624|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{sfn|McNeill|2018|p=178}} The wide choice of flavors and lower price compared to cigarettes are also important factors.<ref name=HefnerValentine2017>{{cite journal |last1=Hefner|first1=Kathryn|last2=Valentine|first2=Gerald|last3=Sofuoglu|first3=Mehmet|title=Electronic cigarettes and mental illness: Reviewing the evidence for help and harm among those with psychiatric and substance use disorders|journal=The American Journal on Addictions|volume=26|issue=4|pages=306–315|year=2017|issn=1055-0496|doi=10.1111/ajad.12504|pmid=28152247|s2cid=24298173}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> | |||
The BMA has noted literature finding electronic cigarettes as safer than tobacco smoking, but also is concerned by the lack of high quality peer-reviewed studies about safety. They have noted that the amount of nicotine delivered can be highly variable between devices due to differences in how well the nicotine is vaporized. They have also raised concerns that the delivered dose may be inconsistent or misleading compared to the nicotine level stated on the liquid container, with identically labelled cartridges emitting "markedly different" levels of nicotine. Issues around proper labeling, child-proof packaging, and electrical safety have also been raised.<ref name="BMA handout" /> | |||
Other motivations include reduced odor and fewer stains.<ref name=GibsonCreamer2017>{{cite journal|last1=Gibson|first1=Laura A.|last2=Creamer|first2=MeLisa R.|last3=Breland|first3=Alison B.|last4=Giachello|first4=Aida Luz |last5=Kaufman|first5=Annette|last6=Kong|first6=Grace|last7=Pechacek|first7=Terry F.|last8=Pepper|first8=Jessica K.|last9=Soule|first9=Eric K.|last10=Halpern-Felsher|first10=Bonnie|title=Measuring perceptions related to e-cigarettes: Important principles and next steps to enhance study validity|journal=Addictive Behaviors|volume=79|pages=219–225|year=2018|issn=0306-4603|doi=10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.11.017|pmc=5807230|pmid=29175027}}</ref> E-cigarettes also appeal to technophiles who enjoy customizing their devices.<ref name="GibsonCreamer2017"/> | |||
A preliminary analysis of e-cigarette cartridges by the US ] (FDA) in 2009 identified that some contain ] (TSNAs), known cancer-causing agents.<ref name=FDA_nitrosamines>{{cite web|title=Electronic Cigarettes|url=http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm173327.htm|publisher=FDA}}</ref><ref name="Zezima">{{cite news|last=Zezima|first=K.|title=Analysis Finds Toxic Substances in Electronic Cigarettes|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/health/policy/23fda.html|accessdate=26 April 2010|work=The New York Times|date=22 July 2009}}</ref> The amounts of TSNAs present were on par with existing NRT products like nicotine gum and inhalers. The FDA's analysis also detected ], a poisonous and ] liquid, in a single cartridge manufactured by Smoking Everywhere and nicotine in one<ref name="FDA Study"/> cartridge claimed to be nicotine-free.<ref name=FDA_nitrosamines/><ref name="Zezima" /> Diethylene glycol was found in a cartridge tested in 2009 by the FDA, but in 2011 researchers reviewed the data and noted that 15 other studies had failed to find any evidence of this chemical in e-cigarettes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibtimes.com/e-cigarettes-effective-nicotine-patches-helping-smokers-quit-study-1403523 | title=E-Cigarettes As Effective As Nicotine Patches in Helping Smokers Quit: Study | work=] | date=8 September 2013 | accessdate=15 December 2013 | author=Palmer, Roxanne}}</ref> Further concerns were raised over inconsistent amounts of nicotine delivered when drawing on the device.<ref name="FDA Study">{{cite web|url=http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ScienceResearch/UCM173250.pdf|author=FDA|title=Evaluation of e-cigarettes|work=Food and Drug Administration (US) -center for drug evaluation and research|date=4 May 2009|accessdate=4 May 2009}}</ref> In some e-cigarettes, "Tobacco-specific impurities suspected of being harmful to humans – ], ], and β-nicotyrine – were detected in a majority of the samples tested." It is not clear if these chemicals were detectable in exhaled vapour.<ref name="FDA Chemical Analysis">{{cite web|url=http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm173146.htm|author=FDA|title=Summary of Results: Laboratory Analysis of Electronic Cigarettes Conducted By FDA|date=22 July 2009|accessdate=22 July 2009}}</ref> The UK ] noted that the toxic chemicals found by the FDA were at levels one-thousandth that of cigarette smoke, and that while there is no certainty that these small traces are harmless, initial test results are reassuring.<ref name=nhs>{{cite web|title=E-cigarettes to be regulated as medicines |publisher=]|date=12 June 2013|accessdate=August 2013|url=http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/06June/Pages/e-cigarettes-and-vaping.aspx}}</ref> | |||
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=== Gateway theory === | ||
The ] is the idea that using less harmful drugs can lead to more harmful ones.<ref name=Lee2015>{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Peter N|title=Appropriate and inappropriate methods for investigating the "gateway" hypothesis, with a review of the evidence linking prior snus use to later cigarette smoking|journal=Harm Reduction Journal|volume=12|issue=1|year=2015|pages=8|issn=1477-7517|doi=10.1186/s12954-015-0040-7|pmc=4369866|pmid=25889396 |doi-access=free }}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-015-0040-7?optIn=false|author=Peter N Lee}}</ref> Evidence shows that many users who begin by vaping will go on to also smoke traditional cigarettes.<ref name="Baenziger2021">{{cite journal|last1=Baenziger|first1=Olivia|last2=Ford|first2=Laura|last3=Yazidjoglou|first3=Amelia|last4=Joshy|first4=Grace|last5=Banks |first5=Emily|title=E-cigarette use and combustible tobacco cigarette smoking uptake among non-smokers, including relapse in former smokers: umbrella review, systematic review and meta-analysis|journal=BMJ Open|volume=11 |issue=3|year=2021|pages=e045603|issn=2044-6055|doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045603|pmid=33785493|pmc=8011717|url=https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e045603}}</ref>{{sfn|WHO|2014|p=6}}<ref name=Franck2014>{{cite journal |last1=Franck|first1=C.|last2=Budlovsky|first2=T.|last3=Windle|first3=S. B.|last4=Filion|first4=K. B.|last5=Eisenberg|first5=M. J.|title=Electronic Cigarettes in North America: History, Use, and Implications for Smoking Cessation|journal=Circulation|volume=129|issue=19|year=2014|pages=1945–1952|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.006416|pmid=24821825|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Yoong2021">{{cite journal|last1=Yoong|first1=Sze Lin|last2=Hall|first2=Alix|last3=Turon|first3=Heidi|last4=Stockings|first4=Emily|last5=Leonard|first5=Alecia|last6=Grady|first6=Alice|last7=Tzelepis|first7=Flora|last8=Wiggers|first8=John |last9=Gouda|first9=Hebe|last10=Fayokun|first10=Ranti|last11=Commar|first11=Alison|last12=Prasad|first12=Vinayak M|last13=Wolfenden|first13=Luke |title=Association between electronic nicotine delivery systems and electronic non-nicotine delivery systems with initiation of tobacco use in individuals aged < 20 years. A systematic review and meta-analysis|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=16|issue=9|year=2021|at=e0256044|pmid=34495974|pmc=8425526 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0256044|bibcode=2021PLoSO..1656044Y|eissn=1932-6203|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{overcite|date=December 2024}} People with mental illnesses, who as a group are more susceptible to nicotine addiction, are at particularly high risk of dual use.<ref name="DautzenbergAdler2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dautzenberg|first1=B.|last2=Adler|first2=M.|last3=Garelik|first3=D.|last4=Loubrieu|first4=J.F.|last5=Mathern|first5=G.|last6=Peiffer|first6=G. |last7=Perriot|first7=J.|last8=Rouquet|first8=R.M.|last9=Schmitt|first9=A.|last10=Underner|first10=M.|last11=Urban|first11=T.|title=Practical guidelines on e-cigarettes for practitioners and others health professionals. A French 2016 expert's statement|journal=Revue des Maladies Respiratoires|volume=34|issue=2|pages=155–164|year=2017|issn=0761-8425|doi=10.1016/j.rmr.2017.01.001|pmid=28189437}}</ref><ref name="NansseuBigna2016">{{cite journal |last1=Nansseu|first1=Jobert Richie N.|last2=Bigna|first2=Jean Joel R.|title=Electronic Cigarettes for Curbing the Tobacco-Induced Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases: Evidence Revisited with Emphasis on Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa|journal=Pulmonary Medicine|volume=2016|year=2016|pages=1–9|issn=2090-1836|doi=10.1155/2016/4894352|pmc=5220510|pmid=28116156|doi-access=free}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=https://www.hindawi.com/journals/pm/2016/4894352/|author(s)=Jobert Richie N. Nansseu and Jean Joel R. Bigna}}</ref> | |||
A number of organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,<ref name = "CDC Q&A">{{cite web |author=Edgar, Julie |title=E-Cigarettes: Expert Q&A With the CDC |url=http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20131112/e-cigarettes-cdc |publisher=WebMD |accessdate=17 November 2013}}</ref> the ],<ref>{{cite web |title=Position Statement on Electronic Cigarettes or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems |url=http://www.theunion.org/images/stories/Newsroom/E-cigarette_statement_FULL.pdf |format=PDF |date=October 2013 |publisher=The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease}}</ref> the ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Korioth|first=Trisha|title=E-cigarettes easy to buy, can hook kids on nicotine|url=http://aapnews.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/10/04/aapnews.20131004-4|work=The American Academy of Pediatrics|accessdate=17 November 2013}}</ref> and the Food and Drug Administration<ref>{{cite web|title=FDA Warns of Health Risks Posed by E-Cigarettes|url=http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm173401.htm|work=FDA|accessdate=17 November 2013|date=23 July 2009|postscript=—Reviewed 17 September 2013}}</ref> have concerns that e-cigarettes might increase addiction to and use of nicotine and tobacco products in children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Citing Health Concerns the American Cancer Society Calls for Action|url=http://www.cancer.org/myacs/eastern/areahighlights/cancernynj-news-ny-ecig-health-vote|work=American Cancer Society|accessdate=12 November 2013|quote=Government agencies and medical organizations, such as the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Academy of Pediatrics have also expressed concern that electronic cigarettes could increase nicotine addiction and tobacco use in young people.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|first=(CDC)|title=Notes from the field: electronic cigarette use among middle and high school students – United States, 2011–2012|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6235a6.htm |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report|date=6 September 2013|volume=62|issue=35|pages=729–30|pmid=24005229}}</ref> The World Health Organization raises the concern of addiction for nonsmokers from their use.<ref>{{cite web|title=Questions and answers on electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)|url=http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/statements/eletronic_cigarettes/en/|work=World Health Organization|accessdate=18 November 2013|date=July 2013}}</ref> | |||
However, an association between vaping and subsequent smoking does not necessarily imply a causal gateway effect.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Etter |first=Jean-François |date=2017-06-19 |title=Gateway effects and electronic cigarettes: Gateway effects and e-cigarettes |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.13924 |journal=Addiction |language=en |volume=113 |issue=10 |pages=1776–1783 |doi=10.1111/add.13924|pmid=28786147 }}</ref> Instead, people may have ] that predispose them to both activities.<ref name="HallChan2021">{{Cite journal |last1=Hall |first1=Wayne |last2=Chan |first2=Gary |date=2021-03-18 |title=The "gateway" effect of e-cigarettes may be explained by a genetic liability to risk-taking |journal=PLOS Medicine |language=en |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=e1003554 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003554 |issn=1549-1676 |pmc=7971461 |pmid=33735167 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="KozlowskiWarner2017">{{Cite journal |last1=Kozlowski |first1=Lynn T. |last2=Warner |first2=Kenneth E. |date=2017-05-01 |title=Adolescents and e-cigarettes: Objects of concern may appear larger than they are |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871617300236 |journal=Drug and Alcohol Dependence |language=en |volume=174 |pages=209–214 |doi=10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.001 |pmid=29350617 |issn=0376-8716}}</ref> There is a genetic association between smoking, vaping, gambling, promiscuity and other risk-taking behaviors.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Khouja |first1=Jasmine N. |last2=Wootton |first2=Robyn E. |last3=Taylor |first3=Amy E. |last4=Smith |first4=George Davey |last5=Munafò |first5=Marcus R. |date=2021-03-18 |title=Association of genetic liability to smoking initiation with e-cigarette use in young adults: A cohort study |journal=PLOS Medicine |language=en |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=e1003555 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003555 |issn=1549-1676 |pmc=7971530 |pmid=33735204 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Young people with poor ] use e-cigarettes, cigarettes, and alcohol at higher rates than their peers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pentz |first1=Mary Ann |last2=Shin |first2=HeeSung |last3=Riggs |first3=Nathaniel |last4=Unger |first4=Jennifer B. |last5=Collison |first5=Katherine L. |last6=Chou |first6=Chih-Ping |date=2015-03-01 |title=Parent, peer, and executive function relationships to early adolescent e-cigarette use: A substance use pathway? |journal=Addictive Behaviors |language=en |volume=42 |pages=73–78 |doi=10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.040 |pmid=25462657 |pmc=4292878 |issn=0306-4603}}</ref> E-cigarette users are also more likely to use both cannabis and unprescribed ] or ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bentivegna |first1=Kathryn |last2=Atuegwu |first2=Nkiruka C. |last3=Oncken |first3=Cheryl |last4=DiFranza |first4=Joseph R. |last5=Mortensen |first5=Eric M. |date=2021-01-01 |title=Electronic Cigarettes Associated With Incident and Polysubstance Use Among Youth |url=https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(20)30278-0/abstract |journal=Journal of Adolescent Health |language=English |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=123–129 |doi=10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.05.026 |issn=1054-139X |pmid=32641242|s2cid=220435106 }}</ref> ] of e-cigarettes and smoking have been criticized for failing to adequately ] for these and other ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chan |first1=Gary C. K. |last2=Stjepanović |first2=Daniel |last3=Lim |first3=Carmen |last4=Sun |first4=Tianze |last5=Shanmuga Anandan |first5=Aathavan |last6=Connor |first6=Jason P. |last7=Gartner |first7=Coral |last8=Hall |first8=Wayne D. |last9=Leung |first9=Janni |date=2020-09-04 |title=Gateway or common liability? A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of adolescent e-cigarette use and future smoking initiation |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.15246 |journal=Addiction |language=en |volume=116 |issue=4 |pages=743–756 |doi=10.1111/add.15246 |pmid=32888234 |s2cid=221503932 |issn=0965-2140 |quote=Only two studies comprehensively adjusted for confounding. The median E‐value was 2.90, indicating that the estimates were not robust against unmeasured confounding.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Phillips |first=Carl V. |date=2015-05-21 |title=Gateway Effects: Why the Cited Evidence Does Not Support Their Existence for Low-Risk Tobacco Products (and What Evidence Would) |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |language=en |volume=12 |issue=5 |pages=5439–5464 |doi=10.3390/ijerph120505439 |issn=1660-4601 |pmc=4454978 |pmid=26006122|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Khouja |first1=Jasmine N. |last2=Suddell |first2=Steph F. |last3=Peters |first3=Sarah E. |last4=Taylor |first4=Amy E. |last5=Munafò |first5=Marcus R. |date=2021-01-01 |title=Is e-cigarette use in non-smoking young adults associated with later smoking? A systematic review and meta-analysis |url=https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/30/1/8 |journal=Tobacco Control |language=en |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=8–15 |doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055433 |issn=0964-4563 |pmc=7803902 |pmid=32156694 |quote=None of the studies included negative controls which would provide stronger evidence for whether the association may be causal.}}</ref> | |||
== Construction == | |||
] light cover<br />B. ] (also houses circuitry)<br />C. atomizer (heating element)<br />D. cartridge (mouthpiece)]] | |||
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Smoking rates have continually declined as e-cigarettes have grown in popularity, especially among young people, suggesting that there is little evidence for a gateway effect at the population level.<ref name="HallChan2021"/><ref name="KozlowskiWarner2017"/> This observation has been criticized, however, for ignoring the effect of ] interventions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chapman |first1=Simon |last2=Bareham |first2=David |last3=Maziak |first3=Wasim |date=2019-04-17 |title=The Gateway Effect of E-cigarettes: Reflections on Main Criticisms |url=https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article/21/5/695/4962533 |journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research |language=en |volume=21 |issue=5 |pages=695–698 |doi=10.1093/ntr/nty067 |issn=1469-994X |pmc=6468127 |pmid=29660054}}</ref> | |||
Most electronic cigarettes take an overall cylindrical shape although a wide array of shapes can be found: box, pipe styles etc. Many are made to look like tobacco cigarettes. Common components include a liquid delivery and container system, an atomizer, and a power source.<ref name="howstuffworks">{{cite web|last=Cassidy |first=Susan |url=http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/everyday-innovations/electronic-cigarette1.htm |title=HowStuffWorks "How Electronic Cigarettes Work" |publisher=Science.howstuffworks.com |date=26 October 2011 |accessdate=27 August 2013}}</ref> Many electronic cigarettes are composed of streamlined replaceable parts, while disposable devices combine all components into a single part that is discarded when its liquid is depleted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blucigs.com/disposables/|title=Disposable eCig Features|publisher=Blu cigs|accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
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=== Young adult and teen use === | ||
Along with the ], the atomizer is the central component of every personal ]r. Although many kinds of atomizers are in use, they generally consist of a small ] responsible for vaporizing liquid, as well as a ] material that draws liquid in. | |||
Worldwide, increasing numbers of young people are vaping.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Vaping Epidemic in Adolescents|last1=Jones|first1=Kristen|last2=Salzman|first2=Gary A.|date=2020|journal=]|issue=1|volume=117|pages=56–58|pmc=7023954 |pmid=32158051}}</ref><ref name=SchneiderDiehl2016>{{cite journal |last1=Schneider|first1=Sven|last2=Diehl|first2=Katharina|title=Vaping as a Catalyst for Smoking? An Initial Model on the Initiation of Electronic Cigarette Use and the Transition to Tobacco Smoking Among Adolescents|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research|volume=18|issue=5|year=2016|pages=647–653|issn=1462-2203 |doi=10.1093/ntr/ntv193 |pmid=26386472|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=YoongStockings2018>{{cite journal|last1=Yoong |first1=Sze Lin|last2=Stockings|first2=Emily|last3=Chai|first3=Li Kheng|last4=Tzelepis|first4=Flora |last5=Wiggers|first5=John|last6=Oldmeadow |first6=Christopher|last7=Paul|first7=Christine|last8=Peruga |first8=Armando|last9=Kingsland|first9=Melanie|last10=Attia|first10=John|last11=Wolfenden|first11=Luke |title=Prevalence of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use among youth globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis of country level data|journal=Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health|volume=42|issue=3|pages=303–308|year=2018|issn=1326-0200|pmid=29528527 |doi=10.1111/1753-6405.12777|doi-access=free}}</ref> With access to e-cigarettes, young people's tobacco use has dropped by about 75%.<ref name="realitycheck">{{cite journal |last1=Levy |first1=David T. |last2=Warner |first2=Kenneth E. |last3=Cummings |first3=K. Michael |last4=Hammond |first4=David |last5=Kuo |first5=Charlene |last6=Fong |first6=Geoffrey T. |last7=Thrasher |first7=James F. |last8=Goniewicz |first8=Maciej Lukasz |last9=Borland |first9=Ron |title=Examining the relationship of vaping to smoking initiation among US youth and young adults: a reality check |journal=Tobacco Control |date=1 November 2019 |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=629–635 |doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054446 |pmid=30459182 |pmc=6860409 |language=en |issn=0964-4563}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=West |first1=Robert |last2=Brown |first2=Jamie |last3=Jarvis |first3=Martin |title=Epidemic of youth nicotine addiction? What does the National Youth Tobacco Survey reveal about high school e-cigarette use in the USA? (Preprint) |journal=Qeios |date=7 October 2019 |doi=10.32388/745076.3 |doi-access=free |issn=2632-3834 |url=https://www.qeios.com/read/article/391 |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hallingberg |first1=Britt |last2=Maynard |first2=Olivia M. |last3=Bauld |first3=Linda |last4=Brown |first4=Rachel |last5=Gray |first5=Linsay |last6=Lowthian |first6=Emily |last7=MacKintosh |first7=Anne-Marie |last8=Moore |first8=Laurence |last9=Munafo |first9=Marcus R. |last10=Moore |first10=Graham |title=Have e-cigarettes renormalised or displaced youth smoking? Results of a segmented regression analysis of repeated cross sectional survey data in England, Scotland and Wales |journal=Tobacco Control |date=1 March 2020 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=207–216 |pmid=30936390 |pmc=7036293 |doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054584 |issn=0964-4563}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Historical NYTS Data and Documentation |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |date=17 December 2019 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/surveys/nyts/data/index.html |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref>{{overcite|date=December 2024}} | |||
A small length of ] is wrapped around the wicking material and then connected to the positive and negative poles of the device. When activated the resistance wire (or coil) quickly heats up thus turning the liquid into a vapor, which is then inhaled by the user.<ref>{{Cite patent |country=EP |number=2614731|status=application |pubdate=17 July 2013|fdate=12 January 2012|inventor= Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu |title=An atomizer for electronic cigarette}}</ref> | |||
Most young e-cigarette users have never smoked,<ref name=ZhongCao2016>{{cite journal|last1=Zhong |first1=Jieming|last2=Cao|first2=Shuangshuang|last3=Gong|first3=Weiwei|last4=Fei|first4=Fangrong |last5=Wang|first5=Meng |title=Electronic Cigarettes Use and Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Never-Smoking Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis|journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|volume=13|issue=5 |year=2016|pages=465|issn=1660-4601|pmc=4881090 |pmid=27153077|doi=10.3390/ijerph13050465|doi-access=free}}</ref> but there is a substantial minority who both vape and smoke.<ref name=Grana2014>{{cite journal|last1=Grana |first1=R|author2=Benowitz, N|author3=Glantz, SA|title=E-cigarettes: a scientific review.|journal=Circulation|date=13 May 2014 |volume=129|issue=19|pages=1972–86|doi=10.1161/circulationaha.114.007667|pmc=4018182 |pmid=24821826}}</ref> Many young people who would not smoke are vaping.<ref name=Modesto-LoweAlvarado2017>{{cite journal |last1=Modesto-Lowe|first1=Vania|last2=Alvarado|first2=Camille|title=E-cigs ... Are They Cool? Talking to Teens About E-Cigarettes|journal=Clinical Pediatrics|volume=56|issue=10|year=2017|pages=947–952 |issn=0009-9228|doi=10.1177/0009922817705188|pmid=28443340|s2cid=44423931}}</ref><ref name=GlantzBareham2018>{{cite journal |last1=Glantz|first1=Stanton A.|last2=Bareham|first2=David W. |title=E-Cigarettes: Use, Effects on Smoking, Risks, and Policy Implications|journal=Annual Review of Public Health|volume=39|issue=1|pages=215–235|date=January 2018|issn=0163-7525|doi=10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013757|doi-access=free |pmc=6251310|pmid=29323609}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4 |url=http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013757 |author(s)=Stanton A. Glantz and David W. Bareham}}</ref> Young people who smoke tobacco or marijuana, or who drink alcohol, are much more likely to vape.<ref name=SGUSReport2016/><ref name=ChadiSchroeder2019>{{cite journal |last1=Chadi|first1=Nicholas|last2=Schroeder|first2=Rachel|last3=Jensen|first3=Jens Winther|last4=Levy |first4=Sharon|title=Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Marijuana Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults |journal=JAMA Pediatrics|volume=173|issue=10|year=2019|pages=e192574|issn=2168-6203 |doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2574|pmc=6692686|pmid=31403684}}</ref> Among young people who have tried vaping, most used a flavored product the first time.<ref name=SGUSReport2016>{{cite report |url=https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/2016_SGR_Full_Report_non-508.pdf |author=U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |title=E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults. A Report of the Surgeon General |place=Atlanta, GA |publisher=U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health |pages=1–298 |year=2016}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=Cormet-BoyakaZare2018>{{cite journal|last1=Cormet-Boyaka|first1=Estelle|last2=Zare|first2=Samane|last3=Nemati |first3=Mehdi |last4=Zheng|first4=Yuqing|title=A systematic review of consumer preference for e-cigarette attributes: Flavor, nicotine strength, and type|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=13|issue=3|year=2018|at=e0194145|issn=1932-6203|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0194145|pmc=5854347|pmid=29543907|bibcode=2018PLoSO..1394145Z|doi-access=free}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194145|author(s)=Samane Zare, Mehdi Nemati, and Yuqing Zheng}}</ref> | |||
The ] of the coil, the ] output of the device, the ] of the atomizer and the efficiency of the wick play important roles in the perceived quality of the vapor that is produced by an atomizer. They also greatly affect the quantity or ] of vapor that will be produced by the atomizer. | |||
Vaping correlates with smoking among young people, even in those who would otherwise be unlikely to smoke.<ref name=ChatterjeeAlzghoul2016>{{cite journal|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Kshitij|last2=Alzghoul|first2=Bashar|last3=Innabi|first3=Ayoub|last4=Meena|first4=Nikhil|title=Is vaping a gateway to smoking: a review of the longitudinal studies|journal=International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health|issue=3|year=2018|volume=30|issn=2191-0278|doi=10.1515/ijamh-2016-0033|pmid=27505084|s2cid=23977146}}</ref> Experimenting with vaping encourages young people to continue smoking.<ref name=KnorstBenedetto2014/> A 2015 study found minors had little resistance to buying e-cigarettes online.<ref name=Hildick-SmithPesko2015/> Teenagers may not admit to using e-cigarettes, but use, for instance, a hookah pen.<ref name=Schraufnagel2015>{{cite journal|last1=Schraufnagel|first1=Dean E.|title=Electronic Cigarettes: Vulnerability of Youth|journal=Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology|volume=28|issue=1|year=2015|pages=2–6|issn=2151-321X|doi=10.1089/ped.2015.0490|pmc=4359356|pmid=25830075}}</ref> As a result, self-reporting may be lower in surveys.<ref name=Schraufnagel2015/> | |||
Atomizer resistances usually vary from 1.5Ω (]s) to 3.0Ω from one atomizer to the next but can go as low as 0.1Ω in the most extreme cases of ] coil building which produce large amounts of vapor but could present a fire hazard and other dangerous ] if the user is not knowledgeable enough about basic ] and how they relate to battery safety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/safety_concerns_with_li_ion |title=Safety Concerns with Li-ion Batteries |publisher=Batteryuniversity.com |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>http://www.hardingenergy.com/pdfs/5%20Lithium%20Ion.pdf</ref> | |||
More recent studies show a trend of an increasing proportion of young people who use e-cigarettes. In 2018, 20% of high school students were using e-cigarettes. In 2020, however, this number increased to 50% of high school students reported to have used e-cigarettes.<ref name=":04">{{Cite journal |last1=Virgili |first1=Fabrizio |last2=Nenna |first2=Raffaella |last3=Ben David |first3=Shira |last4=Mancino |first4=Enrica |last5=Di Mattia |first5=Greta |last6=Matera |first6=Luigi |last7=Petrarca |first7=Laura |last8=Midulla |first8=Fabio |date=December 2022 |title=E-cigarettes and youth: an unresolved Public Health concern |journal=Italian Journal of Pediatrics |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=97 |doi=10.1186/s13052-022-01286-7 |issn=1824-7288 |pmc=9194784 |pmid=35701844 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Similarly, in Canada, there has been trend showing 29% of young people reporting to have used e-cigarettes in 2017, increasing to 37% in 2018.<ref name="Jiahong, Xi - American Journal of Public Health">{{Cite journal |last1=Sun |first1=Jiahong |last2=Xi |first2=Bo |last3=Ma |first3=Chuanwei |last4=Zhao |first4=Min |last5=Bovet |first5=Pascal |date=April 2022 |title=Prevalence of E-Cigarette Use and Its Associated Factors Among Youths Aged 12 to 16 Years in 68 Countries and Territories: Global Youth Tobacco Survey, 2012‒2019 |journal=American Journal of Public Health |language=en |volume=112 |issue=4 |pages=650–661 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2021.306686 |issn=0090-0036 |pmc=8961851 |pmid=35319939}}</ref> | |||
Wicking materials vary greatly from one atomizer to another but ] fibers are the most commonly used in manufactured atomizers. "Rebuildable" or "do it yourself" atomizers can use silica, cotton, ], ], ], ] and even ] cables as wicking materials.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ngonngo |first=Nancy |url=http://www.twincities.com/health/ci_24192074/e-cigarette-stores-pop-up-twin-cities-so |title=As e-cigarette stores pop up in Twin Cities, so do the questions |publisher=] |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
== Health effects == | |||
A wide array of atomizers and e-liquid container combinations are available:<ref name="digitaltrends.com">{{cite web|last=Couts |first=Andrew |url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/inside-the-world-of-vapers-the-subculture-that-might-save-smokers-lives/ |title=Inside the world of vapers, the subculture that might save smokers' lives |publisher=] |date=13 May 2013 |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
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The health risks of e-cigarettes are not known for certain, but the risk of ]s is thought to be low,<ref name=PaleyEchalier2016>{{cite journal|last1=Paley|first1=Grace L.|last2=Echalier |first2=Elizabeth|last3=Eck|first3=Thomas W.|last4=Hong|first4=Augustine R.|last5=Farooq|first5=Asim V.|last6=Gregory|first6=Darren G.|last7=Lubniewski|first7=Anthony J.|title=Corneoscleral Laceration and Ocular Burns Caused by Electronic Cigarette Explosions|journal=Cornea|volume=35|issue=7|year=2016|pages=1015–1018|issn=0277-3740|doi=10.1097/ICO.0000000000000881|pmc=4900417|pmid=27191672}}</ref><ref name=BalsBoyd2019/> and e-cigarettes are likely safer than combusted ].{{#tag:ref|A 2019 review concluded that, "no long term vaping toxicological/safety studies have been done in humans; without these data, saying with certainty that e-cigarettes are safer than combustible cigarettes is impossible."<ref name=GottsJordt2019>{{cite journal|last1=Gotts|first1=Jeffrey E|last2=Jordt|first2=Sven-Eric|last3=McConnell|first3=Rob|last4=Tarran|first4=Robert|title=What are the respiratory effects of e-cigarettes?|journal=BMJ|volume=366|year=2019|pages=l5275|issn=0959-8138|doi=10.1136/bmj.l5275|pmid=31570493|pmc=7850161|doi-access=free}}</ref>|group=note}}<ref name=KnorstBenedetto2014/><ref name=Burstyn2014/> However, this does not mean that e-cigarettes are harmless. E-cigarette use is associated with increased risk of ], ],<ref name=Wills2020/> ], and ]. Those who use e-cigarettes daily have higher risk than those who use them occasionally.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Association Between E-Cigarette Use and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Smoking Status: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2016 and 2017 |journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine |author1=Albert D. Osei |author2=Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk |author3=Olusola A. Orimoloye |author4=Omar Dzaye |author5=S.M. Iftekhar Uddin |author6=Emelia J. Benjamin |author7=Michael E. Hall |author8=Andrew P. DeFilippis |author9=Aruni Bhatnagar |author10=Shyam S. Biswal |author11=Michael J. Blaha |date=January 1, 2020 |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=336–332 |doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2019.10.014|pmid=31902685 |pmc=9843649 }}</ref> According to the ], "Laboratory tests of e-cigarette ingredients, in vitro toxicological tests, and short-term human studies suggest that e-cigarettes are likely to be far less harmful than combustible tobacco cigarettes."<ref name="ajph.aphapublications.org"/> ] provide "high-certainty" evidence that e-cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective than ] for discontinuing tobacco smoking, and moderate‐certainty evidence that they are more effective than e-cigarettes free of nicotine.<ref name=":3" />{{#tag:ref|Two of the authors of this study received funding from ], which manufactures ] products.|group=note}} | |||
Some of the most common but less serious ]s include abdominal pain, headache, blurry vision,<ref name=BrelandSpindle2014>{{cite journal|last1=Breland|first1=Alison B.|last2=Spindle|first2=Tory|last3=Weaver|first3=Michael|last4=Eissenberg|first4=Thomas |title=Science and Electronic Cigarettes|journal=Journal of Addiction Medicine|volume=8|issue=4|year=2014|pages=223–233|issn=1932-0620|doi=10.1097/ADM.0000000000000049|pmc=4122311|pmid=25089952}}</ref> throat and mouth irritation, vomiting, nausea, and coughing.<ref name=Grana2014/> Nicotine is addictive and harmful to fetuses, children, and young people.<ref name=Edgar2013>{{cite web|url=https://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20131112/e-cigarettes-cdc#1|title=E-Cigarettes: Expert Q&A With the CDC|last1=Edgar|first1=Julie|publisher=]|date=12 November 2013}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=November 2024}} In 2019 and 2020, an ] was strongly linked to ] by the ]. While it is still widely debated which particular component of vape liquid is the cause of illness, vitamin E acetate, specifically, has been identified as a potential culprit in vape-related illnesses.<ref name=BoudiPatel2019>{{cite journal|last1=Boudi|first1=F Brian|last2=Patel|first2=Sonia|last3=Boudi|first3=Ava|last4=Chan|first4=Connie|title=Vitamin E Acetate as a Plausible Cause of Acute Vaping-related Illness|journal=Cureus|volume=11|issue=12|pages=e6350|year=2019|issn=2168-8184|doi=10.7759/cureus.6350|doi-access=free |pmc=6952050|pmid=31938636}}{{CC-notice|cc=by3|url=https://www.cureus.com/articles/25498-vitamin-e-acetate-as-a-plausible-cause-of-acute-vaping-related-illness|author(s)=F Brian Boudi, Sonia Patel, Ava Boudi, Connie Chan}}</ref> There was likely more than one cause of the outbreak.<ref name=KingJones2020>{{cite journal|last1=King|first1=Brian A.|last2=Jones|first2=Christopher M.|last3=Baldwin|first3=Grant T.|last4=Briss |first4=Peter A.|title=The EVALI and Youth Vaping Epidemics — Implications for Public Health|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=382|issue=8|pages=689–691|year=2020|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMp1916171 |pmid=31951683|pmc=7122126|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="CDC2020">{{cite web |date=17 January 2020 |title=Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products |url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref> | |||
====Cartomizers==== | |||
Most of the devices that imitate the cigarette form factor use a "cartomizer" (a ] of cartridge and atomizer) or "carto" as an e-liquid delivery system. The piece consists of a heating element surrounded by a liquid-soaked poly-foam that acts as an e-liquid holder. It is usually disposed of once the e-liquid acquires a burnt taste, which is usually due to an activation when the coil is dry or when the cartomizer gets consistently flooded (gurgling) because of ] of the wick. Most cartomizers are refillable even if not advertised as such.<ref>{{cite web|title=E-Cig Basics: What Is a Cartomizer?|url=http://vaperanks.com/e-cig-basics-what-is-a-cartomizer/|publisher=VapeRanks|accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
E-cigarettes produce similar levels of ]s to tobacco cigarettes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Liqiao|last2=Lin|first2=Yan|last3=Xia|first3=Tian|last4=Zhu|first4=Yifang|date=7 January 2020|title=Effects of Electronic Cigarettes on Indoor Air Quality and Health |journal=Annual Review of Public Health|volume=41|pages=363–380|doi=10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040119-094043|pmid=31910714|pmc=7346849|issn=0163-7525|doi-access=free}}</ref> There is "only limited evidence showing adverse respiratory and cardiovascular effects in humans", with the authors of a 2020 review calling for more long-term studies on the subject.<ref name=":1" /> E-cigarettes increase the risk of ] by 40% and ] by 50% compared to not using nicotine at all.<ref name=Wills2020>{{Cite journal|last1=Wills|first1=Thomas A.|last2=Soneji|first2=Samir S.|last3=Choi|first3=Kelvin|last4=Jaspers|first4=Ilona |last5=Tam|first5=Elizabeth K.|date=10 October 2020|title=E-cigarette Use and Respiratory Disorder: An Integrative Review of Converging Evidence from Epidemiological and Laboratory Studies|journal=European Respiratory Journal|volume=56|issue=5|pages=363–380|doi=10.1183/13993003.01815-2019|pmid=33154031|pmc=7817920|issn=1399-3003|doi-access=free}}</ref> | |||
Cartomizers can be used on their own or in conjunction with a tank that allows more e-liquid capacity. In this case the portmanteau word of "cartotank" has been coined. When used in a tank, the cartomizer is inserted in a plastic, glass or metal tube and holes or slots have to be punched on the sides of the cartomizer to allow liquid to reach the coil. | |||
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] to the coil that is located directly under the mouthpiece.]] | |||
Clearomizers or "clearos", not unlike cartotanks, use a clear tank in which an atomizer is inserted.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/community-home_top-news/717182/Smoking-going-electronic | title=Smoking going electronic | work=Thetelegraph.com | date=29 January 2014 | accessdate=6 February 2014 | author=Greg Olson}}</ref> Unlike cartotanks, however, no poly-foam material can be found in them. There are a lot of different wicking systems employed inside of clearomizers to ensure good moistening of the wick without flooding the coil. Some rely on ] to bring the e-liquid to the wick and coil assembly (bottom coil clearomizers for example) whereas others rely on capillary action and to some degree the user agitating the e-liquid while handling the clearomizer (top coil clearomizers).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dxtechinc.com/whats-the-choice-between-a-clearomizer-vs-atomizer/ | title=WHAT'S THE CHOICE BETWEEN A CLEAROMIZER VS ATOMIZER? | accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
The British ] states: "While vaping devices such as electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) do contain some toxins, they are at far lower levels than found in tobacco smoke. If a pregnant woman who has been smoking chooses to use an e-cig and it helps her to quit smoking and stay smokefree, she should be supported to do so." Based on the available evidence on e-cigarette safety, there was also "no reason to believe that use of an e-cig has any adverse effect on breastfeeding." The statement went on to say, "vaping should continue, if it is helpful to quitting smoking and staying smokefree". The UK ] says: "If using an e-cigarette helps you to stop smoking, it is much safer for you and your baby than continuing to smoke." Many women who vape continue to do so during pregnancy because of the perceived safety of e-cigarettes compared to tobacco.<ref name=QasimKarim2017>{{cite journal|last1=Qasim|first1=Hanan|last2=Karim|first2=Zubair A.|last3=Rivera|first3=Jose O.|last4=Khasawneh|first4=Fadi T.|last5=Alshbool|first5=Fatima Z.|title=Impact of Electronic Cigarettes on the Cardiovascular System|journal=Journal of the American Heart Association|volume=6|issue=9|year=2017|pages=e006353|issn=2047-9980|doi=10.1161/JAHA.117.006353|pmc=5634286|pmid=28855171}}</ref> | |||
====Rebuildable Atomizers==== | |||
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A rebuildable atomizer or an RBA is an atomizer that allows the user to assemble or "build" the wick and coil themselves instead of replacing them by an ] atomizer "head". They also allow the user to build atomizers at any desired electrical resistance. The materials needed to "rebuild" the atomizers are usually much cheaper than the usual prefabricated replaceable wick and coil assemblies destined to clearomizers. | |||
In one of the few studies identified, a 2015 survey of 316 pregnant women in a Maryland clinic found that the majority had heard of e-cigarettes, 13% had used them, and 0.6% were current daily users.<ref name=SGUSReport2016/> These findings are of concern because the dose of nicotine delivered by e-cigarettes can be as high or higher than that delivered by traditional cigarettes.<ref name=SGUSReport2016/> | |||
These atomizers are divided into two main categories; rebuildable tank atomizers (RTA's) and rebuildable dripping atomizers (RDA's). | |||
Data from two states in the Pregnancy Risk Assessment System (PRAMS) show that in 2015—roughly the mid-point of the study period—10.8% of the sample used e-cigarettes in the three months prior to the pregnancy while 7.0%, 5.8%, and 1.4% used these products at the time of the pregnancy, in the first trimester, and at birth respectively.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kapaya |first1=Martha |title=Use of Electronic Vapor Products Before, During, and After Pregnancy Among Women with a Recent Live Birth — Oklahoma and Texas, 2015 |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |language=en-us |doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm6808a1 |date=2019|volume=68 |issue=8 |pages=189–194 |pmid=30817748 |pmc=6394383 }}</ref> According to National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 2014 to 2017, 38.9% of pregnant smokers used e-cigarettes compared to only 13.5% of non-pregnant, reproductive age women smokers.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Buyun |last2=Xu |first2=Guifeng |last3=Rong |first3=Shuang |last4=Santillan |first4=Donna A. |last5=Santillan |first5=Mark K. |last6=Snetselaar |first6=Linda G. |last7=Bao |first7=Wei |title=National Estimates of e-Cigarette Use Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women of Reproductive Age in the United States, 2014-2017 |journal=JAMA Pediatrics |date=2019 |volume=173 |issue=6 |pages=600–602 |doi=10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0658 |pmid=31034001 |pmc=6547070 |issn=2168-6211}}</ref> A health economic study found that passing an e-cigarette minimum legal sale age law in the United States increased teenage prenatal smoking by 0.6 percentage points and had no effect on birth outcomes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pesko |first1=Michael F. |last2=Currie |first2=Janet M. |title=E-cigarette minimum legal sale age laws and traditional cigarette use among rural pregnant teenagers |journal=Journal of Health Economics |date=1 July 2019 |volume=66 |pages=71–90 |pmid=31121389 |pmc=7051858 |doi=10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.05.003 |issn=0167-6296}}</ref> Nevertheless, additional research needs to be done on the health effects of electronic cigarette use during pregnancy.<ref>{{harvnb|National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|2018|loc=}}</ref> | |||
Rebuildable tank atomizers or RTA's are similar to clearomizers in that they use a tank or container to hold and bring liquid to the coil. They usually hold a lot more e-liquid than their RDA counterparts. | |||
According to the CDC, E-cigarettes are not safe during pregnancy. "Although the aerosol of e-cigarettes generally has fewer harmful substances than cigarette smoke, e-cigarettes and other products containing nicotine are not safe to use during pregnancy. Nicotine is a health danger for pregnant women and developing babies and can damage a developing baby's brain and lungs. Also, some of the flavorings used in e-cigarettes may be harmful to a developing baby."<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/substance-abuse/e-cigarettes-pregnancy.htm |title=E-Cigarettes and Pregnancy |website=Centers for Disease Control |date=March 2019}}</ref> | |||
Rebuildable dripping atomizers or RDA's on the other hand lack the container section and hold very little liquid compared to RTA's but are usually a lot smaller. They usually consist only of an atomizer "building deck" which can accept one or more coils and a "top cap" to cover the coils where a mouth piece can be attached. The user needs to manually keep the atomizer wet by dripping liquid on the bare wick and coil assembly, hence their name. | |||
A popular vaporizer named ] was widely used by American young people until 2022, when the FDA banned its products from sale.<ref name="ReutersSampathJul2022">{{cite news |last1=Sampath |first1=Uday |last2=Tanna |first2=Shivani |last3=Sharma |first3=Akriti |title=Juul ban put on hold as FDA starts additional review |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/juul-gets-temporary-reprieve-us-fda-ban-2022-07-06/ |access-date=15 January 2023 |work=Reuters |date=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Kelly2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/25/juul-maker-popular-e-cigarettes-invests-30m-youth-/|title=JUUL, maker of popular e-cigarettes, invests $30M in youth awareness|author=Laura Kelly and Tom Howell Jr.|work=]|date=25 April 2018}}</ref> Close to 80% of respondents in a 2017 ] study aged 15–24 reported using Juul also used the device in the last 30 days.<ref name=Willett2018>{{cite journal|last1=Willett|first1=Jeffrey G|last2=Bennett|first2=Morgane|last3=Hair|first3=Elizabeth C|last4=Xiao|first4=Haijuan |last5=Greenberg |first5=Marisa S|last6=Harvey|first6=Emily|last7=Cantrell|first7=Jennifer|last8=Vallone|first8=Donna |title=Recognition, use and perceptions of JUUL among youth and young adults|journal=Tobacco Control |volume=28|issue=1|pages=tobaccocontrol–2018–054273|date=18 April 2018|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054273|pmid=29669749|s2cid=4953543|url=https://truthinitiative.org/sites/default/files/Recognition-use-and-perceptions-of-JUUL-among-youth-and-young-adults.pdf|archive-date=7 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207152101/https://truthinitiative.org/sites/default/files/Recognition-use-and-perceptions-of-JUUL-among-youth-and-young-adults.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 2010s, US teenagers used the verb "Juuling" to describe vaping,<ref name=Suiters2018/> and Juuling was the subject of widespread ] on social media.<ref name=Barshad>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/style/the-juul-is-too-cool.html|title=The Juul Is Too Cool |last1=Barshad|first1=Amos|work=The New York Times|date=7 April 2018}}</ref> | |||
=== Power === | |||
Most portable devices contain a ], which tends to be the largest component of an electronic cigarette. The battery may contain an electronic airflow sensor whereby activation is triggered simply by drawing breath through the device, while other models employ a power button that must be held during operation. An LED to indicate activation may also be employed. Some manufacturers also offer a cigarette pack-shaped portable charging case (PCC), which contains a larger battery capable of charging e-cigarettes. Devices aimed at more experienced users may sport additional features, such as variable power output and support of a wide range of internal batteries and atomizer configurations,t and tend to stray away from the cigarette form factor. | |||
Some cheaper recent devices use an ] with a custom IC to detect airflow and indicate ] status on the included blue LED.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/archives/2014/0116/article_aae20bce-7e44-11e3-863f-0019bb30f31a.html | title=Vaping presents a controversial and untested alternative to traditional smoking. Here's the lowdown. | date=16 January 2014 | accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2014}} | |||
=== Harm reduction === | |||
==== Variable power and voltage devices ==== | |||
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Variable ] or ] personal vaporizers are devices that contain a built in ] that allows the user to adjust the power that goes through the heating element. They usually incorporate a LED screen to display various information. Variable PV's eliminate the need of having to replace an atomizer with another one of lower or higher ] to change the intensity of the vapor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cloudcig.co.uk/a-solution-for-leading-a-tobacco-free-healthy-life/ | title=A Solution For Leading A Tobacco Free Healthy Life | accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> They also feature ] and some ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140129-910446.html | title=Vapor Corp. Launches New Store-in-Store VaporX(R) Retail Concept at Tobacco Plus Convenience Expo in Las Vegas | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=29 January 2014 | accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/06june/pages/e-cigarettes-and-vaping.aspx | title=E-cigarettes to be regulated as medicines | publisher=NHS, Gov.uk | date=12 June 2013 | accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
] refers to any reduction in harm from a prior level.<ref name=AbramsGlasser2018/> Harm minimization strives to reduce harms to the lowest achievable level.<ref name=AbramsGlasser2018/> When a person does not want to quit nicotine, harm minimization means striving to eliminate tobacco exposure by replacing it with vaping.<ref name=AbramsGlasser2018>{{cite journal|last1=Abrams|first1=David B.|last2=Glasser|first2=Allison M. |last3=Pearson|first3=Jennifer L.|last4=Villanti|first4=Andrea C.|last5=Collins|first5=Lauren K.|last6=Niaura|first6=Raymond S.|title=Harm Minimization and Tobacco Control: Reframing Societal Views of Nicotine Use to Rapidly Save Lives|journal=Annual Review of Public Health|volume=39|issue=1|year=2018|pages=193–213|issn=0163-7525|doi=10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013849|pmid=29323611|pmc=6942997}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4 |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013849|author(s)=David B. Abrams, Allison M. Glasser, Jennifer L. Pearson, Andrea C. Villanti, Lauren K. Collins, and Raymond S. Niaura}}</ref> E-cigarettes can reduce smokers' exposure to carcinogens and other toxic chemicals found in tobacco.<ref name=Weaver2014>{{cite journal|last1=Weaver|first1=Michael|last2=Breland|first2=Alison |last3=Spindle|first3=Tory |last4=Eissenberg|first4=Thomas|title=Electronic Cigarettes|journal=Journal of Addiction Medicine|volume=8|issue=4|year=2014|pages=234–240|issn=1932-0620|pmc=4123220|pmid=25089953 |doi=10.1097/ADM.0000000000000043}}</ref> | |||
] has been a controversial area of ].<ref name=Cahn2011/> Health advocates have been slow to support a harm reduction method out of concern that ] cannot be trusted to sell products that will lower the risks associated with tobacco use.<ref name=Cahn2011/> A large number of smokers want to reduce harm from smoking by using e-cigarettes.<ref name=Britton2014/> The argument for harm reduction does not take into account the adverse effects of nicotine.<ref name=Schraufnage2014/> There cannot be a defensible reason for harm reduction in children who are vaping with a base of nicotine.<ref name="FerkolFarber2018">{{cite journal|last1=Ferkol|first1=Thomas W.|last2=Farber|first2=Harold J.|last3=La Grutta|first3=Stefania|last4=Leone|first4=Frank T.|last5=Marshall|first5=Henry M.|last6=Neptune|first6=Enid |last7=Pisinger|first7=Charlotta|last8=Vanker|first8=Aneesa|last9=Wisotzky|first9=Myra|last10=Zabert|first10=Gustavo E.|last11=Schraufnagel|first11=Dean E.|title=Electronic cigarette use in youths: a position statement of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies|journal=European Respiratory Journal|volume=51|issue=5|year=2018|pages=1800278|issn=0903-1936|doi=10.1183/13993003.00278-2018|pmid=29848575|doi-access=free}}</ref> Quitting smoking is the most effective strategy to tobacco harm reduction.<ref name=Scherer2018>{{cite journal|last1=Scherer|first1=Gerhard|title=Suitability of biomarkers of biological effects (BOBEs) for assessing the likelihood of reducing the tobacco related disease risk by new and innovative tobacco products: A literature review|journal=Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology|volume=94|year=2018|pages=203–233|issn=0273-2300|doi=10.1016/j.yrtph.2018.02.002 |pmid=29428304}}</ref> | |||
Some of these devices offer additional features through their menu system such as: atomizer resistance checker, remaining battery voltage, puff counter, activation cut-off etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realelectriccigarettereviews.com/joyetech-evic-review/ | title=JoyeTech eVic Review | publisher=Real Electric Cigarettes Reviews}}</ref> | |||
Tobacco smoke contains 100 known carcinogens and 900 potentially cancer-causing chemicals, but e-cigarette vapor contains less of the potential carcinogens than found in tobacco smoke.<ref name="Kacker2014">{{cite journal |last1=Oh|first1=Anne Y.|last2=Kacker|first2=Ashutosh|title=Do electronic cigarettes impart a lower potential disease burden than conventional tobacco cigarettes?: Review on e-cigarette vapor versus tobacco smoke|journal=The Laryngoscope|date=December 2014|volume=124|issue=12|pages=2702–2706|doi=10.1002/lary.24750|pmid=25302452|s2cid=10560264|doi-access=free}}</ref> A study in 2015 using a third-generation device found levels of formaldehyde were greater than with cigarette smoke when adjusted to a maximum power setting.{{sfn|Wilder|2016|p=82}} E-cigarettes cannot be considered safe because there is no safe level for carcinogens.<ref name=Cahn2011>{{cite journal|first2=M. |last1=Cahn|first1=Z.|last2=Siegel|title=Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy for tobacco control: a step forward or a repeat of past mistakes?|journal=Journal of Public Health Policy|date=February 2011 |volume=32|issue=1|pages=16–31|doi=10.1057/jphp.2010.41|pmid=21150942|doi-access=free}}</ref> Due to their similarity to traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes could play a valuable role in tobacco harm reduction.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> The public health community remains divided concerning the appropriateness of endorsing a device whose safety and efficacy for smoking cessation remain unclear.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> Overall, the available evidence supports the cautionary implementation of harm reduction interventions aimed at promoting e-cigarettes as attractive and competitive alternatives to cigarette smoking, while taking measures to protect vulnerable groups and individuals.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> | |||
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Mechanical PVs or mechanical "mods", often called "mechs" are devices without electronic components and battery protection (apart from vent holes drilled in some mechanical devices) or electric regulation. Because there is neither protection nor regulation, they will work either way the battery is inserted. They are activated by spring loaded or opposing ] mechanical ], hence their name. They rely entirely on the natural voltage output of a battery.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} | |||
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They are commonly used with "low resistance" (] ~ 0.2Ω) rebuildable atomizers. Seeing that most e-cigarettes containing electronic battery protection will interpret sub ohm resistance coils as a ], thus prohibiting the device from being activated, mechanical mods are among the only devices that will accept such atomizer resistances although more recent (]) electronic devices offers this possibility as well{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} | |||
The core concern is that smokers who could have quit entirely will develop an alternative nicotine addiction.<ref name=Cahn2011/> Dual use may be an increased risk to a smoker who continues to use even a minimal amount of traditional cigarettes, rather than quitting.<ref name=Grana2014/> Because of the convenience of e-cigarettes, it may further increase the risk of addiction.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Warner |first1=Kenneth E. |last2=Kiessling |first2=Karalyn A. |last3=Douglas |first3=Clifford E. |last4=Liber |first4=Alex C. |date=2022-09-01 |title=A Proposed Policy Agenda For Electronic Cigarettes In The US: Product, Price, Place, And Promotion: Policy Insight offers a proposed agenda for electronic cigarettes in the United States: product, price, place, and promotion. |url=http://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00187 |journal=Health Affairs |language=en |volume=41 |issue=9 |pages=1299–1306 |doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00187 |pmid=36067433 |s2cid=252110211 |issn=0278-2715}}</ref> The promotion of vaping as a harm reduction aid is premature,<ref name=Drummond2014>{{cite journal|last1=Drummond|first1=MB|last2=Upson|first2=D|title=Electronic cigarettes. Potential harms and benefits.|journal=Annals of the American Thoracic Society|date=February 2014|volume=11|issue=2|pages=236–242 |doi=10.1513/annalsats.201311-391fr|pmc=5469426|pmid=24575993}}</ref> while a 2011 review found they appear to have the potential to lower tobacco-related death and disease.<ref name=Cahn2011/> Evidence to substantiate the potential of vaping to lower tobacco-related death and disease is unknown.<ref name=FranksSando2018/> The health benefits of reducing cigarette use while vaping is unclear.<ref name=BroaddusMason2015>{{cite book|author1=V.Courtney Broaddus|author2=Robert C Mason|author3=Joel D Ernst|author4=Talmadge E King Jr.|author5=Stephen C Lazarus|author6=John F. Murray|author7=Jay A. Nadel|author8=Arthur Slutsky|author9=Michael Gotway|title=Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hux1BwAAQBAJ&pg=PR20|date=17 March 2015|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-0-323-26193-7|page=820}}</ref> E-cigarettes could have an influential role in tobacco harm reduction.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> The authors warned against the potential harm of excessive regulation and advised health professionals to consider advising smokers who are reluctant to quit by other methods to switch to e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking.<ref name=Hajek2014/> | |||
A 2014 review recommended that regulations for e-cigarettes could be similar to those for dietary supplements or cosmetic products to not limit their potential for harm reduction.<ref name=Saitta2014>{{cite journal|last1=Saitta|first1=D|author2=Ferro, GA|author3=Polosa, R|title=Achieving appropriate regulations for electronic cigarettes.|journal=Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease|date=March 2014|volume=5|issue=2|pages=50–61|doi=10.1177/2040622314521271|pmc=3926346|pmid=24587890}}</ref> A 2012 review found e-cigarettes could considerably reduce traditional cigarettes use and they likely could be used as a lower risk replacement for traditional cigarettes, but there is not enough data on their safety and efficacy to draw definite conclusions.<ref name=Caponnetto2012>{{cite journal|last1=Caponnetto|first1=Pasquale|last2=Campagna|first2=Davide|last3=Papale|first3=Gabriella|last4=Russo|first4=Cristina|last5=Polosa|first5=Riccardo|title=The emerging phenomenon of electronic cigarettes|journal=Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine|volume=6|issue=1|year=2012|pages=63–74|issn=1747-6348|doi=10.1586/ers.11.92|pmid=22283580|s2cid=207223131}}</ref> There is no research available on vaping for reducing harm in high-risk groups such as people with ]s.<ref name=Nowak2014>{{cite journal|author1=Nowak D |author2=Jörres RA |author3=Rüther T|title=E-cigarettes—prevention, pulmonary health, and addiction|journal=Dtsch Ärztebl Int|volume=111|issue=20|pages=349–55|year=2014|doi=10.3238/arztebl.2014.0349|pmc=4047602|pmid=24882626}}</ref> | |||
Since mechanical PVs are unregulated and unprotected, they require special attention on the user's part that other regulated and protected PVs do not need. Making sure that the battery does not over-discharge and that the atomizer will not require more ] than what the battery can safely allow are the user's responsibilities.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} | |||
A 2014 PHE report concluded that hazards associated with products currently on the market are probably low, and apparently much lower than smoking.<ref name=Britton2014/> However, harms could be reduced further through reasonable product standards.<ref name=Britton2014>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311887/Ecigarettes_report.pdf|title=Electronic cigarettes – A report commissioned by Public Health England|publisher=Public Health England|date=15 May 2014|author1-first=John|author1-last=Britton|author2-first=Ilze|author2-last=Bogdanovica}}</ref> The British Medical Association encourages health professionals to recommend conventional nicotine replacement therapies, but for patients unwilling to use or continue using such methods, health professionals may present e-cigarettes as a lower-risk option than tobacco smoking.<ref name=BMAhandout2013>{{cite web|url=http://bma.org.uk/-/media/Files/PDFs/Working%20for%20change/Improving%20health/tobaccoecigarettespublicplaces_jan2013.pdf|title=BMA calls for stronger regulation of e-cigarettes|publisher=British Medical Association|date=January 2013|access-date=11 August 2013|archive-date=7 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107014659/http://bma.org.uk/-/media/Files/PDFs/Working%20for%20change/Improving%20health/tobaccoecigarettespublicplaces_jan2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
===Liquid=== | |||
Liquid for producing vapor in electronic cigarettes, commonly known as e-juice or e-liquid, is a solution of ] (PG), vegetable ] (VG), and/or ] (PEG400) mixed with concentrated flavors; and optionally, a variable concentration of nicotine.<ref name=Sales2012>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-18/electronic-cigarettes-smokeless-vaping-risks/57121894/1|publisher=]|title=E-cigarettes: No smoke, but fiery debate over safety|accessdate=20 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
The ] (AAPHP) suggests those who are unwilling to quit tobacco smoking or unable to quit with medical advice and pharmaceutical methods should consider other nicotine-containing products such as e-cigarettes and ] for long-term use instead of smoking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaphp.org/tobacco|title=Principles to Guide AAPHP Tobacco Policy|publisher=American Association of Public Health Physicians|date=June 2013}}</ref> A 2014 WHO report concluded that some smokers will switch completely to e-cigarettes from traditional tobacco but a "sizeable" number will use both.{{sfn|WHO|2014|p=6}} This report found that such "dual-use" of e-cigarettes and tobacco "will have much smaller beneficial effects on overall survival compared with quitting smoking completely."{{sfn|WHO|2014|p=6}} | |||
The solution is often sold in a bottle or in pre-filled disposable cartridges. They are manufactured with various tobacco, fruit, and other flavors, as well as variable nicotine concentrations (including nicotine-free versions). The standard notation "mg/ml" is often used in labeling for denoting nicotine concentration, and is sometimes shortened to a simple "mg".<ref name="Murray Laugesen">{{cite web|url=http://www.healthnz.co.nz/Ruyan_ecigarette.htm |author=Murray Laugesen|title=The Ruyan e-cigarette; Technical Information Sheet|publisher=Health New Zealand|date=17 October 2007|accessdate=31 March 2008}}</ref> | |||
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Whether e-cigarettes help people quit smoking is debated.<ref name="Orellana-Barrios2016">{{cite journal|author1=Orellana-Barrios MA|author2=Payne D|author3=Medrano-Juarez RM|author4=Yang S|author5=Nugent K|year=2016 |title=Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation.|journal=The American Journal of the Medical Sciences|volume=52|issue=4|pages=420–426|doi=10.1016/j.amjms.2016.07.013 |pmid=27776725|s2cid=23548705}}</ref> Limited evidence suggests that e-cigarettes likely do help people to ] when used in clinical settings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Hartmann-Boyce|first1=Jamie|last2=McRobbie|first2=Hayden|last3=Butler|first3=Ailsa R. |last4=Lindson|first4=Nicola|last5=Bullen|first5=Chris|last6=Begh|first6=Rachna|last7=Theodoulou |first7=Annika|last8=Notley|first8=Caitlin|last9=Rigotti|first9=Nancy A.|last10=Turner|first10=Tari |last11=Fanshawe|first11=Thomas R.|date=14 September 2021|title=Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation|journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|volume=9|issue=11|pages=CD010216 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub6|issn=1469-493X|pmc=8438601|pmid=34519354}}</ref> However, more smokers become dual users than succeed in complete abstinence.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Traboulsi |first1=Hussein |last2=Cherian |first2=Mathew |last3=Abou Rjeili |first3=Mira |last4=Preteroti |first4=Matthew |last5=Bourbeau |first5=Jean |last6=Smith |first6=Benjamin M. |last7=Eidelman |first7=David H. |last8=Baglole |first8=Carolyn J. |title=Inhalation Toxicology of Vaping Products and Implications for Pulmonary Health |journal=International Journal of Molecular Sciences |date=15 May 2020 |volume=21 |issue=10 |pages=3495 |doi=10.3390/ijms21103495 |pmid=32429092 |pmc=7278963 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Outside clinical settings, vaping does not greatly change the odds of quitting smoking.<ref name=PatilArakeri2019>{{cite journal|last1=Patil|first1=Shankargouda |last2=Arakeri|first2=Gururaj|last3=Patil|first3=Shekar|last4=Ali Baeshen|first4=Hosam|last5=Raj |first5=Thirumal|last6=Sarode|first6=Sachin C.|last7=Sarode|first7=Gargi S.|last8=Awan|first8=Kamran H.|last9=Gomez |first9=Ricardo|last10=Brennan|first10=Peter A|title=Are electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDs) helping cigarette smokers quit? – A current evidence|journal=Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine|year=2019|volume=49 |issue=3|pages=181–189|issn=0904-2512|doi=10.1111/jop.12966|pmid=31642553 |s2cid=204850725}}</ref> | |||
Electronic cigarette sales increased from 50,000 in 2008 to 3.5 million in 2012.<ref name="Sales2012"/> As of 2011, in the United States, one in five adults who smoke have tried electronic cigarettes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2013/p0228_electronic_cigarettes.html|accessdate=4 March 2013|newspaper=CDC Newsroom|date=28 February 2013|title=CDC Electronic Cigarette Statistics}}</ref> | |||
In a UK survey conducted in 2013 of more than 12,000 adults, 11% of regular smokers in the sample identified themselves as using electronic cigarettes and 24% stated that they had used them in the past. Amongst those who had never smoked in the same sample, 1% said they had tried them and 0% stated that they were currently using them.<ref name = "ASH study" /> | |||
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Among grade 6 to 12 students in the United States, those who have ever used the product increased from 3.3% in 2011 to 6.8% in 2012.<ref name=MMWR2013>{{cite journal |title=Notes from the field: electronic cigarette use among middle and high school students – United States, 2011–2012 |journal=MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. |volume=62 |issue=35 |pages=729–30 |date=September 2013 |pmid=24005229 |doi= |url= |author1= Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)}}</ref> Those currently using electronic cigarettes increased from 0.6% to 1.1%. Over the same period the percentage of grade 6 to 12 students who regularly smoke tobacco cigarettes fell from 7.5% to 6.7%.<ref name ="MMWR2">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR, 15 November 2013 , retrieved 20 November 2013.</ref> 10% of students who have used e-cigarettes at least once have never smoked.<ref name=MMWR2013/> A 2013 UK survey by ] found that among non-smokers under 18, 1% reported having tried e-cigarettes "once or twice," 0% reported continuing use, and 0% intended to try them in the future. ASH concluded that among children who have heard of e-cigarettes, sustained use is rare and confined to children who smoke or have smoked.<ref name = "ASH study">ASH,, retrieved 11 August 2013.</ref> | |||
A small number of studies have looked at whether using e-cigarettes reduces the number of cigarettes smokers consume.<ref name=ElDibSuzumura2017/> E-cigarette use may decrease the number of cigarettes smoked,<ref name=Orr2014>{{cite journal|last1=Orr|first1=KK|last2=Asal|first2=NJ|title=Efficacy of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.|journal=The Annals of Pharmacotherapy|date=November 2014|volume=48|issue=11|pages=1502–1506 |doi=10.1177/1060028014547076|pmid=25136064|s2cid=29307238}}</ref> but smoking just one to four cigarettes daily greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to not smoking.<ref name=Grana2014/> The extent to which decreasing cigarette smoking with vaping leads to quitting is unknown.<ref name=Bullen2014>{{cite journal|last1=Bullen|first1=Christopher|year=2014|title=Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation |url=http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/16169|journal=Current Cardiology Reports|volume=16|issue=11|pages=538|doi=10.1007/s11886-014-0538-8|issn=1523-3782|pmid=25303892|s2cid=2550483}}</ref> | |||
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A February 2014 survey by the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction of 2052 individuals estimated that between 7.7 and 9.2 million individuals have experimented with using electronic cigarettes, with between 1.1 and 1.9 million using on a daily basis. 67% of tobacco smokers in the survey used electronic cigarettes to reduce or quit tobacco smoking. 9% of those who experimented with electronic cigarettes had never smoked tobacco. Of the 1.2% that had recently stopped tobacco smoking at the time of the survey, 84% (or 1% of the population surveyed) credited electronic cigarettes for stopping tobacco use.<ref>Observatoire Français des Drogues et des Toxicomanies, , retrieved 28 March 2014.</ref> | |||
It is unclear whether e-cigarettes are only helpful for particular types of smokers.<ref name=Malasvan-der-Tempel2016>{{cite journal|last1=Malas|first1=Muhannad|last2=van der Tempel|first2=Jan|last3=Schwartz|first3=Robert |last4=Minichiello|first4=Alexa|last5=Lightfoot|first5=Clayton|last6=Noormohamed|first6=Aliya|last7=Andrews|first7=Jaklyn|last8=Zawertailo|first8=Laurie|last9=Ferrence|first9=Roberta|title=Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research|date=25 April 2016|volume=18|issue=10|pages=1926–1936|issn=1462-2203|doi=10.1093/ntr/ntw119|pmid=27113014|doi-access=free}}</ref> Vaping with nicotine may reduce tobacco use among daily smokers.<ref name=VanderkamBoussageon2016>{{cite journal|last1=Vanderkam|first1=Paul|last2=Boussageon|first2=Rémy|last3=Underner|first3=Michel|last4=Langbourg|first4=Nicolas |last5=Brabant|first5=Yann|last6=Binder|first6=Philippe|last7=Freche|first7=Bernard|last8=Jaafari|first8=Nematollah|title=Efficacité et sécurité de la cigarette électronique pour la réduction du tabagisme : revue systématique et méta-analyse|journal=La Presse Médicale|volume=45|issue=11|pages=971–985|year=2016|issn=0755-4982|doi=10.1016/j.lpm.2016.05.026|pmid=27597300}}</ref> Whether vaping is effective for quitting smoking may depend on whether it was used as part of an effort to quit.<ref name=ElDibSuzumura2017>{{cite journal|last1=El Dib|first1=Regina|last2=Suzumura|first2=Erica A|last3=Akl|first3=Elie A|last4=Gomaa|first4=Huda|last5=Agarwal|first5=Arnav |last6=Chang|first6=Yaping|last7=Prasad|first7=Manya|last8=Ashoorion|first8=Vahid|last9=Heels-Ansdell|first9=Diane|last10=Maziak|first10=Wasim|last11=Guyatt|first11=Gordon|title=Electronic nicotine delivery systems and/or electronic non-nicotine delivery systems for tobacco smoking cessation or reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis|journal=BMJ Open|volume=7|issue=2|year=2017|pages=e012680|issn=2044-6055|doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012680|pmc=5337697|pmid=28235965}}</ref> | |||
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One of the challenges in studying e-cigarettes is that there are hundreds of brands and models of e-cigarettes sold that vary in the design and operation of the devices and composition of the liquid, and the technology continues to change.<ref name=McRobbieBullen2014>{{cite journal|last1=McRobbie|first1=Hayden|last2=Bullen|first2=Chris|last3=Hartmann-Boyce|first3=Jamie|last4=Hajek|first4=Peter|last5=McRobbie|first5=Hayden|title=Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation and reduction|journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|year=2014|volume=12|issue=12|pages=CD010216|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub2|pmid=25515689|hdl=2292/27824|hdl-access=free}}</ref> E-cigarettes have not been subjected to the same type of efficacy testing as ].<ref name=Jerry2015/> There are also social concerns - use of e-cigarettes may normalize tobacco use and prolong cigarette use for people who could have quit instead, or it could put extra pressure on smokers to stop cigarette smoking because e-cigarettes are a more socially acceptable alternative.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> The evidence indicates smokers are more frequently able to completely quit smoking using tank devices compared to cigalikes, which may be due to their more efficient nicotine delivery.<ref name=Hartmann-BoyceMcRobbie2016/> One study supports the claim that smokers are more likely to use e-cigarettes as a nicotine replacement product to aid in smoking cessation than other pharmaceutical products.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
There is low quality evidence that vaping assists smokers to quit smoking in the long-term compared with nicotine-free vaping.<ref name=Hartmann-BoyceMcRobbie2016/> Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes were associated with greater effectiveness for quitting smoking than e-cigarettes without nicotine.<ref name=Rahman2015/> A 2013 study in smokers who were not trying to quit, found that vaping, with or without nicotine decreased the number of cigarettes consumed.<ref name=Lindson-HawleyHartmann-Boyce2016>{{cite journal|last1=Lindson-Hawley|first1=Nicola|last2=Hartmann-Boyce|first2=Jamie |last3=Fanshawe|first3=Thomas R|last4=Begh|first4=Rachna|last5=Farley|first5=Amanda|last6=Lancaster|first6=Tim|last7=Lindson-Hawley|first7=Nicola|title=Interventions to reduce harm from continued tobacco use|journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|volume=10|pages=CD005231|year=2016|issue=12|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD005231.pub3|pmc=6463938|pmid=27734465}}</ref> E-cigarettes without nicotine may reduce tobacco cravings because of the smoking-related physical stimuli.<ref name=Cahn2011/> | |||
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A 2015 meta-analysis on ]s found that e-cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective than nicotine-free ones for quitting smoking.<ref name=Rahman2015/> They compared their finding that nicotine-containing e-cigarettes helped 20% of people quit with the results from other studies that found nicotine replacement products helps 10% of people quit.<ref name=Rahman2015>{{cite journal|last1=Rahman|first1=Muhammad Aziz|title=E-Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.|journal=PLOS ONE|date=30 March 2015|volume=10|issue=3 |pages=e0122544|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1022544R|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0122544|pmc=4378973|pmid=25822251|doi-access=free}}</ref> A 2016 review found low quality evidence of a trend towards benefit of e-cigarettes with nicotine for smoking cessation.<ref name=KhoudigianDevji2016>{{cite journal|last1=Khoudigian|first1=S.|last2=Devji|first2=T.|last3=Lytvyn|first3=L.|last4=Campbell|first4=K.|last5=Hopkins|first5=R.|last6=O'Reilly|first6=D.|title=The efficacy and short-term effects of electronic cigarettes as a method for smoking cessation: a systematic review and a meta-analysis|journal=International Journal of Public Health|volume=61|issue=2|date=29 January 2016 |pages=257–267|issn=1661-8556|doi=10.1007/s00038-016-0786-z|pmid=26825455|s2cid=22227035}}</ref> In terms of whether flavored e-cigarettes assisted quitting smoking, the evidence is inconclusive.<ref name=Cormet-BoyakaZare2018/> Tentative evidence indicates that health warnings on vaping products may influence users to give up vaping.<ref name="Al-HamdaniHopkins2019">{{cite journal|last1=Al-Hamdani|first1=Mohammed|last2=Hopkins |first2=D. Brett|last3=Park|first3=Tristan|year=2020|title=Vaping among youth and young adults: a "red alert" state|journal=Journal of Public Health Policy|volume=41|issue=1|pages=63–69|doi=10.1057/s41271-019-00193-2 |issn=0197-5897|pmid=31664162|s2cid=204966830}}</ref> | |||
As the electronic cigarette industry grows, a ] has emerged which calls itself "the vaping community".<ref name="digitaltrends.com"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Park |first=Andy |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/06/18/feed-subculture-around-e-cigarettes |title=The Feed: The subculture around e-cigarettes |publisher=] |date=26 August 2013 |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/electric-cigarette-builds-a-bizarre-latest-sub-culture-in-town-says-deltascanorg-260998.htm |title=Electric Cigarette Builds a Bizarre Latest Sub Culture in Town Says Deltascan.org |publisher=Sbwire.com |date=4 June 2013 |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> Members of this emerging subculture often view electronic cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking and some even view it as a ]. They tend to use highly ] devices that do not resemble what are known, by some, as "cig-a-likes," or electronic cigarettes that resemble real cigarettes.<ref name=fremonttrib>{{cite news|title=Crutch or cure: issues surround use of e-cigarettes |url=http://fremonttribune.com/news/local/crutch-or-cure-issues-surround-use-of-e-cigarettes/article_0c7c6547-458a-5d2f-8b3c-515f2c1f1c9b.html | work=Fremont Tribune | date=9 November 2013}}</ref> Well known celebrities have also embraced this new found culture by taking their electronic cigarettes to public events such as movie award shows and press conferences.<ref name=electroniccigarettebud>{{cite news|title=Electronic cigarettes get the celebrity seal of approval |url=http://electroniccigarettebud.co.uk/electronic-cigarettes-get-the-celebrity-seal-of-approval/ | work=Ares Florentino | date=17 March 2014}}</ref> | |||
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==History== | |||
As of 2020, the efficacy and safety of vaping for quitting smoking during pregnancy was unknown.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Claire|first1=Ravinder|last2=Chamberlain|first2=Catherine|last3=Davey|first3=Mary-Ann|last4=Cooper |first4=Sue E.|last5=Berlin|first5=Ivan|last6=Leonardi-Bee|first6=Jo|last7=Coleman|first7=Tim|date=4 March 2020|title=Pharmacological interventions for promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy|journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|volume=2020|issue=3|pages=CD010078|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD010078.pub3|issn=1469-493X|pmc=7059898|pmid=32129504}}</ref> No research is available to provide details on the efficacy of vaping for quitting smoking during pregnancy.<ref name=FranksSando2018>{{cite journal|last1=Franks|first1=Andrea S|last2=Sando|first2=Karen|last3=McBane|first3=Sarah|title=Do Electronic Cigarettes Have a Role in Tobacco Cessation?|journal=Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy|volume=38|issue=5|pages=555–568|year=2018|issn=0277-0008|doi=10.1002/phar.2103|pmid=29573440|s2cid=4365503}}</ref> There is robust evidence that vaping is not effective for quitting smoking among adolescents.<ref name=ChatterjeeAlzghoul2016/> In view of the shortage of evidence, vaping is not recommend for cancer patients, although for all patients vaping is likely less dangerous than smoking cigarettes.<ref name=LucchiariMasiero2016>{{cite journal|last1=Lucchiari|first1=Claudio|last2=Masiero|first2=Marianna|last3=Botturi|first3=Andrea|last4=Pravettoni|first4=Gabriella|title=Helping patients to reduce tobacco consumption in oncology: a narrative review|journal=SpringerPlus|volume=5|issue=1|pages=1136|year=2016|issn=2193-1801|doi=10.1186/s40064-016-2798-9 |pmc=4954805|pmid=27504234 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The effectiveness of vaping for quitting smoking among vulnerable groups is uncertain.<ref name=GentryForouhi2018>{{cite journal|last1=Gentry|first1=Sarah|last2=Forouhi|first2=Nita|last3=Notley|first3=Caitlin|title=Are Electronic Cigarettes an Effective Aid to Smoking Cessation or Reduction Among Vulnerable Groups? A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research|volume=21|issue=5|pages=602–616 |year=2018|issn=1462-2203|doi=10.1093/ntr/nty054|pmc=6697178|pmid=29608714}}</ref> | |||
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The earliest electronic cigarette can be traced to Herbert A. Gilbert,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents?id=RjlUAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Smokeless non-tobacco cigarette |publisher=Google.com |accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref> who in 1963 patented a device described as "a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" that involved "replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air." This device heated the nicotine solution and produced steam. In 1967, Gilbert was approached by several companies interested in manufacturing it, but it was never commercialized and disappeared from the public record after 1967.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Waterloo Daily Courier – Waterloo, Iowa|date=24 August 1965}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Titusville Herald – Titusville, Pennsylvania|date=29 July 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=New Castle News -New Castle, Pennsylvania|date=28 July 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Simpson's Leader-Times – Kittanning, Pennsylvania|date=28 July 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Altoona Mirror – Altoona, Pennsylvania|date=28 July 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Progress, The, Clearfield, Pennsylvania|date=31 July 1967}}</ref> | |||
=== Safety === | |||
Hon Lik, a Chinese pharmacist, is credited with the invention of the electronic cigarette.<ref name=Demick2009>, ''Los Angeles Times''</ref><ref>, ]</ref> In 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Electronic-Cigarettes.htm |title=Who Invented Electronic Cigarettes? |publisher=Inventors.about.com |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> he came up with the idea of using a ] ]-emitting element to vaporise a pressurized jet of liquid containing nicotine diluted in a ] solution.<ref name=wiki>{{cite web|url=http://www.wikipatents.com/CA-Patent-2518174/a-non-smokable-electronic-spray-cigarette|title=CA Patent 2518174 – A Non-Smokable Electronic Spray Cigarette|publisher=WikiPatents|accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref> This design produces a smoke-like vapour that can be inhaled and provides a vehicle for nicotine delivery into the bloodstream via the lungs. He also proposed using propylene glycol to dilute nicotine and placing it in a disposable plastic cartridge which serves as a liquid reservoir and mouthpiece. | |||
{{Main|Health effects of electronic cigarettes}} | |||
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There is no consensus on the risks of e-cigarette use.<ref name=Siu2015>{{cite journal|last1=Siu|first1=AL|title=Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=22 September 2015|volume=163|issue=8|pages=622–634 |doi=10.7326/M15-2023|pmid=26389730|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=Harrell2014>{{cite journal|last1=Harrell|first1=PT|last2=Simmons|first2=VN|last3=Correa |first3=JB|last4=Padhya|first4=TA|last5=Brandon|first5=TH |title=Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems ("E-cigarettes"): Review of Safety and Smoking Cessation Efficacy.|journal=Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery|date=4 June 2014|volume=151|issue=3|pages=381–393 |doi=10.1177/0194599814536847|pmc=4376316 |pmid=24898072}}</ref> There is little data about their safety, and a considerable variety of liquids are used as carriers,<ref name=PatnodeHenderson2015>{{cite journal |last1=Patnode|first1=Carrie D. |last2=Henderson|first2=Jillian T.|last3=Thompson|first3=Jamie H.|last4=Senger|first4=Caitlyn A. |last5=Fortmann|first5=Stephen P.|last6=Whitlock|first6=Evelyn P.|title=Behavioral Counseling and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: A Review of Reviews for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|volume=163 |issue=8|date=September 2015|pages=608|issn=0003-4819|doi=10.7326/M15-0171|pmid=26491759|s2cid=207538340 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0079361/pdf/PubMedHealth_PMH0079361.pdf}}</ref> and thus are present in the ] delivered to the user.<ref name=Grana2014/> Reviews of the safety of e-cigarettes have reached quite different conclusions.<ref name=FarsalinosLeHouezec2015>{{cite journal|last1=Farsalinos|first1=Konstantinos |last2=LeHouezec |first2=Jacques|title=Regulation in the face of uncertainty: the evidence on electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes)|journal=Risk Management and Healthcare Policy|volume=8|year=2015|pages=157–167 |doi=10.2147/RMHP.S62116|pmc=4598199 |pmid=26457058|issn=1179-1594 |doi-access=free }}</ref> A 2014 WHO report cautioned about potential risks of using e-cigarettes.{{sfn|WHO|2014|p=10}} Regulated US FDA products such as ] may be safer than e-cigarettes,<ref name=Drummond2014/> but e-cigarettes are generally seen as safer than combusted ]<ref name=KnorstBenedetto2014>{{cite journal |last1=Knorst|first1=Marli Maria|last2=Benedetto|first2=Igor Gorski|last3=Hoffmeister|first3=Mariana Costa|last4=Gazzana|first4=Marcelo Basso|title=The electronic cigarette: the new cigarette of the 21st century?|journal=Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia|volume=40|issue=5|year=2014|pages=564–572|issn=1806-3713|doi=10.1590/S1806-37132014000500013|pmc=4263338|pmid=25410845}}</ref><ref name=Burstyn2014/> such as cigarettes and cigars.<ref name=KnorstBenedetto2014/> | |||
The risk of early death is anticipated to be similar to that of ].<ref name=BradyDeLaRosa2019/> Since vapor does not contain tobacco and does not involve combustion, users may avoid several ],<ref name=FarsalinosPolosa2014/> such as ], ], and ].<ref name=SmithBrar2016>{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=L|last2=Brar|first2=K|last3=Srinivasan|first3=K|last4=Enja|first4=M |last5=Lippmann|first5=S|title=E-cigarettes: How "safe" are they?|journal=J Fam Pract|date=June 2016 |volume=65|issue=6|pages=380–385|url=http://www.mdedge.com/jfponline/article/109243/addiction-medicine/e-cigarettes-how-safe-are-they|pmid=27474819}}</ref> However, e-cigarette use with or without nicotine cannot be considered risk-free<ref name=GloverBreier2016>{{cite journal|last1=Glover|first1=Marewa |last2=Breier|first2=Bernhard H.|last3=Bauld|first3=Linda|title=Could Vaping be a New Weapon in the Battle of the Bulge?|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research |volume=19|issue=12|year=2016|pages=1536–1540 |issn=1462-2203|doi=10.1093/ntr/ntw278|pmid=27798086|hdl=1893/26149|s2cid=3799963|hdl-access=free}}</ref> because the long-term effects of e-cigarette use are unknown.<ref name="BalsBoyd2019"/><ref name=Hartmann-BoyceMcRobbie2016>{{cite journal |last1=Hartmann-Boyce |first1=Jamie |last2=McRobbie |first2=Hayden |last3=Bullen |first3=Chris |last4=Begh |first4=Rachna |last5=Stead |first5=Lindsay F |last6=Hajek |first6=Peter |last7=Hartmann-Boyce |first7=Jamie |title=Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |year=2016 |volume=9 |issue=9 |at=CD010216 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD010216.pub3 |pmc=6457845 |pmid=27622384}}</ref><ref name=BradyDeLaRosa2019>{{cite journal|last1=Brady|first1=Benjamin R.|last2=De La Rosa |first2=Jennifer S.|last3=Nair|first3=Uma S.|last4=Leischow |first4=Scott J.|title=Electronic Cigarette Policy Recommendations: A Scoping Review|journal=American Journal of Health Behavior|volume=43|issue=1 |year=2019|pages=88–104|issn=1087-3244|doi=10.5993/AJHB.43.1.8|pmid=30522569 |s2cid=54566712}}</ref> | |||
Electronic cigarettes using a different design were first introduced to the Chinese domestic market in May 2004 as an aid for smoking cessation and replacement. The company that Hon Lik worked for, Golden Dragon Holdings, changed its name to ] (如烟, literally "Resembling smoking"), and started exporting its products in 2005–2006<ref>, 25 April 2009, ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> before receiving its first international patent in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2007267031&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP|title=Electronic Atomizer Cigarette European patent |publisher=Worldwide.espacenet.com |date=22 November 2007|accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref> | |||
]s of ]<ref>Detailed reference list is located at a ].</ref>|alt=Possible side effects of nicotine include increased clotting tendency, atherosclerosis, enlargement of the aorta, bronchospasm, muscular tremor and pain, gastrointestinal nausea, dry mouth, dyspepsia, diarrhea, heartburn, peptic ulcer, cancer, lightheadedness, headache, sleep disturbances, abnormal dreams, irritability, dizziness, blood restriction, increased or decreased heart rate, increased blood pressure, tachycardia, more (or less) arrhythmias, coronary artery constriction, coronary artery disease, high insulin, insulin resistance, and risks to the child later in life during pregnancy include type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, neurobehavioral defects, respiratory dysfunction, and infertility.]] | |||
The electronic cigarette continued to evolve from the first generation three-part device. In 2006 the "cartomizer" was invented by British entrepreneurs Umer and Tariq Sheikh of XL Distributors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/article/brothers-who-took-punt-new-market/ |title=Brothers who took a punt on a new market |publisher=CityAM |accessdate=4 April 2014}}</ref> This is a mechanism which integrates the heating coil into the liquid chamber. The new device was launched in the UK in 2007 in their Gamucci brand and is now widely adopted by the majority of 'cigalike' brands. The grant of the UK patent for the "cartomizer" was made to XL Distributors in February 2013 and published by the UK Intellectual Property Office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum/Case/PublicationNumber/GB2465247 |title=Patent document and information service (Ipsum) |publisher=] |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
The ] of e-liquids varies,<ref name=Cooke2015>{{cite journal|last1=Cooke|first1=Andrew |last2=Fergeson|first2=Jennifer|last3=Bulkhi|first3=Adeeb|last4=Casale|first4=Thomas B.|title=The Electronic Cigarette: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly|journal=The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice|volume=3|issue=4|year=2015|pages=498–505|issn=2213-2198|pmid=26164573 |doi=10.1016/j.jaip.2015.05.022}}</ref> and contamination with various chemicals have been detected in the liquid.<ref name=Bertholon2013/> Metal parts of e-cigarettes in contact with the e-liquid can contaminate it with metal particles.<ref name=FarsalinosPolosa2014>{{cite journal |last1=Farsalinos |first1=K. E.|last2=Polosa|first2=R.|title=Safety evaluation and risk assessment of electronic cigarettes as tobacco cigarette substitutes: a systematic review|journal=Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety |volume=5|issue=2|year=2014|pages=67–86|issn=2042-0986|doi=10.1177/2042098614524430|pmc=4110871 |pmid=25083263}}</ref> Many chemicals including ] such as ] can inadvertently be produced when the ] (heating element) that touches the e-liquid is heated and chemically reacted with the liquid.<ref name=Bekki2014/> Normal usage of e-cigarettes,{{sfn|Wilder|2016|p=82}} and reduced voltage (3.0 V<ref name=Cheng2014/>) devices generate very low levels of formaldehyde.<ref name=Bekki2014/> | |||
The later-generation and "tank-style" e-cigarettes with a higher voltage (5.0 V<ref name=Cooke2015/>) may generate equal or higher levels of formaldehyde compared to smoking.<ref name=Orellana-Barrios2015/> A 2015 report by Public Health England found that high levels of formaldehyde only occurred in overheated "dry-puffing".{{sfn|McNeill|2015|p=77}} Users detect the "dry puff" (also known as a "dry hit"{{sfnp|National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|2018|loc=Characteristics of E-Cigarette Devices |p=56}}) and avoid it, and they concluded that "There is no indication that EC users are exposed to dangerous levels of aldehydes."{{sfn|McNeill|2015|p=77}} However, e-cigarette users may "learn" to overcome the unpleasant taste due to elevated ] formation, when the nicotine craving is high enough.<ref name=Rowell2015>{{cite journal|last1=Rowell|first1=Temperance R|last2=Tarran|first2=Robert|title=Will Chronic E-Cigarette Use Cause Lung Disease?|journal=American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology |year=2015|volume=309|issue=12|pages=L1398–L1409|issn=1040-0605|doi=10.1152/ajplung.00272.2015 |pmc=4683316|pmid=26408554}}</ref> | |||
The international tobacco companies, recognising the development of a potential new market sector that could render traditional tobacco products obsolete,<ref>The Economist, 28 Sep 2013, , retrieved 11 March 2014</ref> are increasingly involved in the production and marketing of their own brands of e-cigarettes and in acquiring existing e-cigarette companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579360552508696542 | |||
|title=Altria Expands in E-Cigarettes With Green Smoke |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=3 February 2014 |accessdate=7 March 2014}}</ref> Blu, a prominent US e-cigarette producer, was acquired by ] in 2012.<ref>CBS News, 11 June 1023, , retrieved 16 August 2013.</ref> ] launched Vype in 2013, while ]'s Fontem Ventures acquired the intellectual property owned by Hon Lik through Dragonite for $US 75 million in 2013 and launched Puritane in partnership with ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gustafsson |first=Katarina |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-02/imperial-tobacco-agrees-to-acquire-dragonite-s-e-cigarette-unit.html |title=Imperial Tobacco Agrees to Acquire Dragonite's E-Cigarette Unit |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2 September 2013 |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puritane.co.uk/our-story |title=Our Story Puritane |accessdate=4 April 2014}}</ref> On 3 February 2014, ] acquired popular electronic cigarette brand Green Smoke for $110 million. The deal is expected to be finalized during the second quarter of 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corp.greensmoke.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Altria-Announces-Agreement-to-Acquire-Green-Smoke.pdf | |||
|title=Altria Announces Agreement to Acquire E-Vapor Business of Green Smoke, Inc. |publisher=Green Smoke |date=3 February 2014 |accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref> Altria also markets its own e-cigarette, the MarkTen, while ] has entered the sector with its Vuse product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579360552508696542 |title=Altria Expands in E-Cigarettes With Green Smoke |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=3 February 2014 |accessdate=7 March 2014}}</ref> | |||
Another common chemical found in e-cigarettes is ketene. When it enters the lungs after inhaled, this chemical causes damage to the cellular structure of lung tissue causing the cells to not function at maximum capacity and not absorb gasses as readily. This can cause shortness of breath which can lead to other health conditions such as tachycardia and respiratory failure. E-cigarette users who use devices that contain nicotine are exposed to its potentially harmful effects.<ref name=":04"/> | |||
==Legal status== | |||
Because of the relative novelty of the technology and the possible relationship to tobacco laws and medical drug policies, electronic cigarette legislation and public health investigations are currently pending in many countries. Current regulations vary widely, from regions with no regulations to others banning the devices entirely.<ref name=Etter2011>{{cite journal|last1=Etter|first1=J. F.|last2=Bullen|first2=C.|last3=Flouris|first3=A. D.|last4=Laugesen|first4=M.|last5=Eissenberg|first5=T.|title=Electronic nicotine delivery systems: a research agenda|journal=Tobacco control|date=May 2011|volume=20|issue=3|pages=243–8|pmid=21415064|doi=10.1136/tc.2010.042168|pmc=3215262}}</ref> | |||
Nicotine is associated with ], possible birth defects, and poisoning.<ref name=Jerry2015/> '']'' studies of nicotine have associated it with cancer, but carcinogenicity has not been demonstrated '']''.<ref name=Jerry2015>{{cite journal|author1=Jerry JM|author2=Collins GB|author3=Streem D|title=E-cigarettes: Safe to recommend to patients?|journal=Cleve Clin J Med|volume=82|issue=8|pages=521–526|year=2015|pmid=26270431 |doi=10.3949/ccjm.82a.14054 |doi-access=free}}</ref> There is inadequate research to show that nicotine is associated with cancer in humans.{{sfn|SGUS|2014|p=115}} The risk is probably low from the inhalation of propylene glycol and glycerin.<ref name=Hajek2014/> No information is available on the long-term effects of the inhalation of flavors.<ref name=Bertholon2013/> | |||
===Europe=== | |||
On 19 December 2012 the European Commission adopted its proposal to revise the European Union Tobacco Products Directive 2001/37/EC which included proposals to introduce restrictions on the use and sales of e-cigarettes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/products/revision/ |title=Revision of the Tobacco Products Directive |publisher=] |accessdate=20 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | |||
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On 8 October 2013 the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted down the Commission's proposal to introduce medical regulation for electronic cigarettes, but proposed that cross-border marketing of e-cigarettes be regulated similarly to tobacco products, meaning that sales of e-cigarettes to under 18s would be prohibited in the European Union, along with most cross-border advertising. Warning labels also would be required. The Parliament and Member States are involved in trilogue discussions to reach a common conclusion.<ref>{{cite web | title = Tobacco Or Medicinal Product? Europe Divided Over E-Cigarettes | url = http://www.rferl.org/content/health-eu-smoking-ecigarettes/25134903.html | |||
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* In Austria nicotine-containing cartridges are classified as medicinal products and e-cigarettes for nicotine inhalation as medical devices.<ref name="Austrian decision">{{cite web|url=http://www.ages.at/web/ages/content.nsf/73b5f92ac245b957c1256a9a004e1676/01c733ea28c3c964c12572bf0051dc7e/$FILE/070427_BASG_Nikotininhalatoren_Information.pdf|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070927004603/http://www.ages.at/web/ages/content.nsf/73b5f92ac245b957c1256a9a004e1676/01c733ea28c3c964c12572bf0051dc7e/$FILE/070427_BASG_Nikotininhalatoren_Information.pdf|archivedate=27 September 2007|title=Abgrenzungsbeirat gemäß § 49a AMG BMGFJ-Information betreffend elektrisch betriebene Nikotininhalatoren, insbesondere RUYAN|publisher= Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety|date= 18 April 2007|accessdate = 21 September 2011|format=PDF 29 KB}}</ref> | |||
* In Bulgaria, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes are legal, as well as the sale of cartridges and liquids with nicotine. There are no specific regulations from EU.<ref name="Electronic cigarettes">{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/eplibrary/Electronic-cigarettes.pdf|author=Gregor Erbach |title=Electronic cigarettes|date=27 March 2013|accessdate=6 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
* In the Czech Republic, the use, sale and advertising of electronic cigarettes are legal.<ref name="RAND2010"/> | |||
* In Denmark, the Danish Medicines Agency classifies electronic cigarettes containing nicotine as medicinal products. Thus, authorization is required before the product may be marketed and sold, and no such authorization has currently been given. The agency has clarified, however, that electronic cigarettes that do not administer nicotine to the user, and are not otherwise used for the prevention or treatment of disease, are not considered medicinal devices.<ref name="Danish Medicines Agency">{{cite web |url= http://www.dkma.dk/1024/visUKLSArtikel.asp?artikelID=14819&print=true |author=Danish Medicines Agency|title=Classification of electronic cigarettes|work=Danish Medicines Agency|date=9 March 2009|accessdate=22 February 2010}}</ref> | |||
* In Estonia, the Estonian State Agency of Medicines had previously banned e-cigarettes, but the ban was overturned in court on 7 March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecita.org.uk/kohtuotsus_e-sigaretid_zandera%20vs%20ravimiamet_ha-3-12-2345_07032013_en-us.pdf |title=BMA calls for stronger regulation of e-cigarettes |publisher= |date=January 2013 |accessdate=27 August 2013}}</ref> Currently e-liquids containing more than 0.7 mg/ml of nicotine are still considered medicine and as such cannot be legally purchased within the country due to no manufacturer being licensed properly. Following the outcome of EU tobacco directive in October 2013, the legislation is moving towards a more relaxed stance on the issue. As stated by the Estonian minister of social affairs Taavi Rõivas (in charge of tobacco regulation), e-cigarettes will receive an advertisement ban and will clearly be banned for minors but will be available for adults before the end of 2013. | |||
* In Finland, the National Supervisory Authority of Welfare and Health (]) declared that the new tobacco marketing ban (effective 1 January 2012) will also cover electronic cigarettes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valvira.fi/valvira/ajankohtaista/tupakan_esillapitokielto_voimaan_-_sahkotupakan_mainonta_lainvastaista |title=Tupakan esilläpitokielto voimaan – Sähkötupakan mainonta lainvastaista |publisher=Valvira.fi |accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref> resulting in that Finnish stores or webstores can't advertise e-cigarettes because they might look like regular cigarettes. In theory, e-cigarettes with nicotine-free cartridges may still be sold, as long as their images and prices are not visible. Ordering from abroad remains allowed. Sale of nicotine cartridges is currently prohibited, as nicotine is considered a prescription drug requiring an authorization that such cartridges do not yet have. However, the Finnish authorities have decided that nicotine cartridges containing less than 10 mg nicotine, and e-liquid containing less than 0,42 g nicotine per bottle, may be legally brought in from other countries for private use. If the nicotine content is higher, a prescription from a Finnish physician is required. From a country within the ] a maximum of one year's supply may be brought in for private use when returning to Finland, while three months' supply may be brought in from outside the EEA. Mail order deliveries from EEA countries, for a maximum of three months' supply, are also allowed.<ref name="Finnish ban">. Retrieved 6 March 2011</ref><ref> Finnish Customs, 26 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011</ref> | |||
* In Germany, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes are legal.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.urteil-zu-elektronischen-zigaretten-die-e-zigarette-ist-keine-arznei.1314fea8-f141-47df-b852-021d2b7086af.html |title= Urteil zu elektronischen Zigaretten: Die E-Zigarette ist keine Arznei |last1=Hackbarth |first1= Daniel |date=17 September 2013 |website= stuttgarter-zeitung.de |publisher= ] |accessdate=17 September 2013 |language= German}}</ref> | |||
* In Hungary, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes are legal. The sale of cartridges and liquids with nicotine is illegal. | |||
* In Ireland, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes are legal.<ref name="RAND2010">{{cite web| url=http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/docs/tobacco_ia_rand_en.pdf | title=Assessing the Impacts of Revising the Tobacco Products Directive| pages=118–120 |author= Tiessen at al. | publisher=RAND Europe commission by the European Commission Health and Consumer Director | year=2010}}</ref> | |||
* In Italy, by a Health Ministry decree (G.U. Serie Generale, n. 248 del 23 ottobre 2012) electronic cigarettes containing nicotine cannot be sold to individuals under 16 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ministero della salutte – ordinanca 28 |date=28 September 2012|url=http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaDettaglioAtto/originario?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=2012-10-23&atto.codiceRedazionale=12A11292&elenco30giorni=false}}</ref> | |||
* In Latvia, e-cigarettes are legal.<ref name="eexplor">{{cite web|url=http://www.eexplor.org/where-is-it-still-iegal/|title=E-Cigarette Committee- Where is it legal?|publisher=eexplor|accessdate=18 November 2013}}</ref> | |||
* In Lithuania, e-cigarettes are legal.<ref name="eexplor"/> | |||
* In the Netherlands, use and sale of electronic cigarettes is allowed, advertising is restricted.<ref name="RAND2010"/> | |||
* In Norway the sale and use of electronic cigarettes are legal,<ref name="RAND2010"/> but nicotine cartridges can only be imported from other EEA member states (e.g. the UK) for private use.<ref>{{cite web|date=6 December 2011|title=Regulering av elektroniske sigaretter i Norge|publisher=Helsedirektoratet Norge|url=http://www.helsedirektoratet.no/lover-regler/produktkontrolloven/Documents/regulering-av-elektroniske-sigaretter-i-norge-notat-6-12-11.pdf|quote=Etter legemiddellovgivningen er overnevnte regler ikke til hinder for privatimport fra utlandet. Dersom produktet privatimporteres til røykeslutt, gjelder reglene i forskrift | |||
om tilvirkning og import av legemidler § 3-2. Her stilles det ulike krav avhengig av hvilket land (innenfor eller utenfor EØS) det importeres fra og hvordan (ved innreise eller forsendelse). Produktet må være lovlig ervervet og til personlig bruk}}</ref> | |||
* In Poland, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes are legal.<ref name="RAND2010"/> | |||
* In Portugal, with nicotine it is restricted, without nicotine it is not regulated.<ref name="RAND2010"/> | |||
* In Romania, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes are legal.<ref name="RAND2010"/> | |||
* In Switzerland, the sale of nicotine-free electronic cigarettes is legal. The use and importation of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine is legal, but they cannot be sold within the country.<ref>. Tdg.ch. Retrieved 27 April 2011.</ref> As of December 2011, the tobacco tax does not apply to e-cigarettes and respective liquids containing nicotine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/politik/schweiz/tabaksteuer_elektronische_zigarette_1.13762394.html |title= Keine Tabaksteuer für elektronische Zigarette |publisher=nzz.ch |date=21 December 2011 |accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref> | |||
In October 2021, researchers at Johns Hopkins University reported over 2,000 unknown chemicals in the vape clouds that they tested from Vuse, Juul, Blu and Mi-Salt vape devices.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johns Hopkins Finds Thousands of Unknown Chemicals in E-Cigarettes|url=https://releases.jhu.edu/2021/10/06/johns-hopkins-finds-thousands-of-unknown-chemicals-in-e-cigarettes/|publisher=]|access-date=24 November 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
* In the United Kingdom, the use, sale and advertising of electronic cigarettes are legal and electronic cigarettes are not covered by smoking bans.<ref name=bbc-stub-out/> In 2014 the government announced legislation would be brought forward to outlaw the purchase of electronic cigarettes by people under the age of 18.<ref name=bbc-stub-out>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25900542 |title=E-cigarettes to be stubbed out for under-18s |date=26 January 2014 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> | |||
In 2019–2020, there was an outbreak of ] in the US and Canada, primarily related to vaping ] with ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Layden|first1=Jennifer E.|last2=Ghinai|first2=Isaac|last3=Pray|first3=Ian|last4=Kimball|first4=Anne|last5=Layer|first5=Mark|last6=Tenforde|first6=Mark W.|last7=Navon|first7=Livia|last8=Hoots|first8=Brooke |last9=Salvatore|first9=Phillip P.|last10=Elderbrook|first10=Megan|last11=Haupt|first11=Thomas|date=6 September 2019|title=Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use in Illinois and Wisconsin — Final Report|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=382|issue=10|pages=903–916|language=en|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1911614|pmid=31491072|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Blount|first1=Benjamin C.|last2=Karwowski|first2=Mateusz P. |last3=Shields|first3=Peter G.|last4=Morel-Espinosa|first4=Maria|last5=Valentin-Blasini|first5=Liza|last6=Gardner|first6=Michael|last7=Braselton|first7=Martha|last8=Brosius|first8=Christina R.|last9=Caron|first9=Kevin T. |last10=Chambers|first10=David|last11=Corstvet|first11=Joseph|date=20 December 2019|title=Vitamin E Acetate in Bronchoalveolar-Lavage Fluid Associated with EVALI|url= |journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=382 |issue=8|pages=697–705|language=en|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1916433|pmc=7032996|pmid=31860793}}</ref> | |||
* Wales could become the first part of the United Kingdom to ban electronic cigarettes in enclosed public spaces due to unsupported<ref name = "2014 Mar STS">Smoking in England, , retrieved 17 April 2014.</ref> fears their use could "re-normalise" smoking conventional cigarettes.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/02/us-britain-ecigarettes-idUSBREA311AJ20140402</ref> | |||
E-cigarettes create vapor that consists of fine and ]s of ], with the majority of particles in the ultrafine range.<ref name=Grana2014/> The vapor have been found to contain propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, flavors, small amounts of ]s,<ref name=Grana2014/> ]s,<ref name=Hajek2014/> and ], as well as metal ]s, and other substances.<ref name=Grana2014/> Many carcinogenic compounds have been detected in e-cigarettes, such as N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN), N-Nitrosoanatabine (NAT), etc., all of which have been proven to be harmful to human health.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cetinkaya |first1=Pelin Duru |last2=Pazarli Bostan |first2=Pinar |last3=Salepci |first3=Banu |last4=Gorekdilektasli |first4=Asli |last5=Elbek |first5=Osman |last6=Uyanusta Kucuk |first6=Filiz Cagla |last7=Karadogan |first7=Dilek |last8=Arpaz |first8=Seren |last9=Dülger |first9=Seyhan |last10=Atilla Uysal |first10=Mehmet |last11=Uzaslan |first11=Esra |last12=Özge |first12=Cengiz |last13=Kılınç |first13=Oğuz |last14=Dağlı |first14=Elif |last15=Itil |first15=Oya |date=2022-07-18 |title=Turkish Thoracic Society's Statement Report on Electronic Cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products |url=https://turkthoracj.org/en/turkish-thoracic-society-s-statement-report-on-electronic-cigarettes-and-heated-tobacco-products-132180 |journal=Turkish Thoracic Journal |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=296–301 |doi=10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2022.22018 |pmc=9361150 |pmid=35848438}}</ref> Exactly what the ] across and within manufacturers, and depends on the contents of the liquid, the physical and electrical design of the device, and user behavior, among other factors.<ref name=Cheng2014/> | |||
===United States=== | |||
E-cigarette vapor potentially contains harmful chemicals not found in tobacco smoke.<ref name=Hildick-SmithPesko2015/> The majority of toxic chemicals found in cigarette smoke are absent in e-cigarette vapor.<ref name=KimKabir2016/> E-cigarette vapor contains lower concentrations of potentially toxic chemicals than with cigarette smoke.<ref name="FernándezBallbè2015">{{cite journal|last1=Fernández |first1=Esteve|last2=Ballbè|first2=Montse|last3=Sureda|first3=Xisca|last4=Fu|first4=Marcela|last5=Saltó |first5=Esteve|last6=Martínez-Sánchez|first6=Jose M. |title=Particulate Matter from Electronic Cigarettes and Conventional Cigarettes: a Systematic Review and Observational Study|journal=Current Environmental Health Reports|volume=2|issue=4|pages=423–429|year=2015|issn=2196-5412|doi=10.1007/s40572-015-0072-x |pmid=26452675|doi-access=free|bibcode=2015CEHR....2..423F }}</ref> Those which are present, are mostly below 1% of the corresponding levels permissible by ].<ref name=Burstyn2014>{{cite journal|last1=Burstyn|first1=Igor|title=Peering through the mist: systematic review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks|journal=BMC Public Health|volume=14|issue=1|date=9 January 2014|pages=18|issn=1471-2458|doi=10.1186/1471-2458-14-18|pmc=3937158|pmid=24406205 |doi-access=free }}</ref> But workplace safety standards do not recognize exposure to certain vulnerable groups such as people with ], children, and infants who may be exposed to second-hand vapor.<ref name=Grana2014/> | |||
====Federal regulation==== | |||
The FDA classified electronic cigarettes as drug delivery devices and subject to regulation under the ] (FDCA) before importation and sale in the United States. The classification was challenged in court, and overruled in January 2010 by Federal District Court Judge ], citing that "the devices should be regulated as tobacco products rather than drug or medical products."<ref name="AAPF NEWS NOW">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news-now/health-of-the-public/20100302e-cig-fda.html|title=FDA Fighting for Authority to Regulate Electronic Cigarette|date=2 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/business/15smoke.html | work=The New York Times | first=Duff | last=Wilson | title=Judge Orders F.D.A. to Stop Blocking Imports of E-Cigarettes From China | date=15 January 2010}}</ref> As of April 2014, the FDA plans on making new regulations for electronic cigarettes.<ref name="NYT-20140503">{{cite news |last=Richtel |first=Matt |title=Some E-Cigarettes Deliver a Puff of Carcinogens |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/business/some-e-cigarettes-deliver-a-puff-of-carcinogens.html |date=3 May 2014 |work=] |accessdate=4 May 2014 }}</ref> | |||
Concern exists that some of the mainstream vapor exhaled by e-cigarette users may be inhaled by bystanders, particularly indoors,<ref name=Rom2014/> although e-cigarette pollutant levels are much lower than for cigarettes and likely to pose a much lower risk, if any, compared to cigarettes.<ref name="Hajek2014"/> E-cigarette use by a parent might lead to inadvertent health risks to offspring.<ref name=England2015/> A 2014 review recommended that e-cigarettes should be regulated for ].<ref name=Saitta2014/> There is limited information available on the ]s around production, use, and disposal of e-cigarettes that use cartridges.<ref name=Chang2014>{{cite journal|last1=Chang|first1=H. |title=Research gaps related to the environmental impacts of electronic cigarettes|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=23|issue=Supplement 2|year=2014|pages=ii54–ii58|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051480 |pmc=3995274|pmid=24732165}}</ref> E-cigarettes that are not reusable may contribute to the problem of ].<ref name=Nowak2014/> | |||
In March 2010, the ] ] the injunction pending an appeal, during which the FDA argued the right to regulate electronic cigarettes based on their previous ability to regulate ] replacement therapies such as ] or patches. Further, the agency argued that tobacco legislation enacted the previous year "expressly excludes from the definition of 'tobacco product' any article that is a drug, device or combination product under the FDCA, and provides that such articles shall be subject to regulation under the pre-existing FDCA provisions."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/health-of-the-public/20100302e-cig-fda.html |title=AAFP.org |publisher=AAFP.org |accessdate=18 December 2010}}</ref> On 7 December 2010, the appeals court ruled against the FDA in a 3–0 unanimous decision, ruling the FDA can only regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products, and thus cannot block their import.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/12/08/fda-block-e-cigarette-imports-court/|title=FDA Cannot Block E-Cigarette Imports: Court|date=8 December 2010 | work=Fox News}}</ref> The judges ruled that such devices would only be subject to drug legislation if they are marketed for therapeutic use – E-cigarette manufacturers had successfully proven that their products were targeted at smokers and not at those seeking to quit. The District Columbia Circuit appeals court, on 24 January 2011, declined to review the decision ''],'' blocking the products from FDA regulation as medical devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/02/14/gvsb0214.htm|author=FDA|title=FDA regulation of e-cigarettes rebuffed again|work=American Medical News|date=14 February 2011|accessdate=21 February 2011}}</ref> | |||
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=== Addiction === | ||
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With an absence of federal regulations, many states and cities have adopted their own e-cigarette regulations, most commonly to prohibit sales to minors, including Maryland, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and Colorado. Other states are considering similar legislation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.umaryland.edu/programs/tobacco/documents/E-Cig_Legislation.pdf|title=Electronic Cigarette Legislation Prohibiting Sale to Minors in Other States|publisher=University of Maryland Law School|accessdate=30 August 2013}}</ref> | |||
* California Governor ] vetoed a bill that would regulate the sale of electronic cigarettes within the state on grounds that "if adults want to purchase and consume these products with an understanding of the associated health risks, they should be able to do so."<ref name="CAveto">{{cite web|url=http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_400_vt_20091012.html |author=Arnold Schwarzenegger|title=SB 400 Senate Bill -Veto|work=California State Senate|date=12 October 2009|accessdate=4 November 2009 }}</ref> Senate Bill 648(Authored by Senator Ellen Corbett), proposed a bill that would classify eCigarettes as tobacco products, thus banning their use wherever smoking was banned. In August 2013, SB648 was shelved for the session, just hours before its hearing in the State Assembly. It has not been determined if Sen Corbett will revise the bill and re-introduce it in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=Principe|first=Darleen|title=Anti-'vaping' legislation goes adrift|url=http://www.toacorn.com/news/2013-08-22/Community/Antivaping_legislation_goes_adrift.html|newspaper=Thousand Oaks Acorn|date=22 August 2013|accessdate=18 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
** A number of California cities have chosen to ban electronic cigarettes from public places, including Los Angeles,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.10news.com/news/los-angeles-e-cig-ban-takes-effect |title=Los Angeles e-cig ban takes effect |publisher=City News Service |accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref> Long Beach,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2014/03/ecig_vape_ban_long_beach.php |title=Long Beach Bans Vaping in E-Cig Stores, Making it Most Anti-E-Cig City in Southern California |author=LP Hastings |publisher=OC Weekly |accessdate=22 April 2014}}</ref> and Carlsbad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.10news.com/news/carlsbad-city-council-votes-to-ban-use-of-e-cigarettes-in-public-spaces-anywhere-smoking-is-illegal-12032013 |title=Carlsbad City Council votes to ban use of e-cigarettes in public spaces, anywhere smoking is illegal |author=Rielle Creighton |publisher=Scripps Media, Inc. |accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref> | |||
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* New Jersey voted in 2009 to treat the electronic cigarette in the same category as tobacco products by including them under the New Jersey ], which prohibits smoking in indoor work and public places. Assemblywoman ] sponsored the legislation, claiming "that young people who use these things will get hooked on the nicotine and eventually move onto the real thing".<ref>{{cite news|last=Livio|first=S. K.|title=N. J. Assembly Approves E-Cigarette Ban|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/120709_NJ_Assembly_committee_approves_e-cigarette_ban.html|newspaper=North Jersey Star|date=7 December 2009|accessdate=29 April 2010}}</ref> | |||
Nicotine, a key ingredient<ref name=KaisarPrasad2016>{{cite journal|last1=Kaisar|first1=Mohammad Abul|last2=Prasad|first2=Shikha|last3=Liles|first3=Tylor|last4=Cucullo|first4=Luca|title=A Decade of e-Cigarettes: Limited Research & Unresolved Safety Concerns|journal=Toxicology|volume=365|pages=67–75|year=2016|issn=0300-483X|doi=10.1016/j.tox.2016.07.020|pmc=4993660|pmid=27477296|bibcode=2016Toxgy.365...67K }}</ref> in most e-liquids,{{#tag:ref|Since 2016 the US ] (US FDA) regulated e-cigarettes under the classification of tobacco products and labeled them as electronic nicotine delivery systems.<ref name=CUMSH2018/> A 2018 report commissioned by the US FDA decided to use the term e-cigarettes, indicating that for some use e-liquids containing no nicotine.<ref name=CUMSH2018>{{cite web|url=https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/experts-clear-air-e-cigarettes |title=Experts Clear the Air on E-Cigarettes|publisher=]|date=26 January 2018}}</ref>|group=note}}<ref name=Weaver2014/> is well-recognized as one of the most ] substances, as addictive as ] and ].<ref name=JenssenBoykan2019/> Addiction is believed to be a disorder of experience-dependent ].<ref name=Kenny2014>{{cite journal|last1=Kenny|first1=PJ|title=Genetics of Substance Use Disorders|journal=Dialogues Clin Neurosci|volume=16|issue=3|date=September 2014|pages=335–344|doi=10.31887/DCNS.2014.16.3/pkenny|pmc=4214176|pmid=25364284}}</ref> The reinforcing effects of nicotine play a significant role in the beginning and continuing use of the drug.<ref name="D'Souza2015">{{cite journal|last1=D'Souza|first1=Manoranjan S.|title=Glutamatergic transmission in drug reward: implications for drug addiction|journal=Frontiers in Neuroscience|volume=9|pages=404|year=2015|issn=1662-453X|doi=10.3389/fnins.2015.00404|pmc=4633516|pmid=26594139|doi-access=free}}</ref> First-time nicotine users develop a dependence about 32% of the time.<ref name=MacDonald2016>{{cite journal|last1=MacDonald|first1=K|last2=Pappa|first2=K|title=WHY NOT POT?: A Review of the Brain-based Risks of Cannabis|journal=Innov Clin Neurosci |volume=13|issue=3–4|date=April 2016|pages=13–22|pmc=4911936|pmid=27354924}}</ref> Chronic nicotine use involves both ] and ].<ref name=KishiokaKiguchi2014>{{cite journal|last1=Kishioka|first1=Shiroh|last2=Kiguchi|first2=Norikazu|last3=Kobayashi|first3=Yuka|last4=Saika|first4=Fumihiro|title=Nicotine Effects and the Endogenous Opioid System|journal=Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |volume=125|issue=2|year=2014|pages=117–124|issn=1347-8613|doi=10.1254/jphs.14R03CP|pmid=24882143|doi-access=free}}</ref> Nicotine-containing e-cigarette vapor induces addiction-related neurochemical, physiological and behavioral changes.<ref name=HiemstraBals2016>{{cite journal|last1=Hiemstra|first1=Pieter S.|last2=Bals|first2=Robert|title=Basic science of electronic cigarettes: assessment in cell culture and in vivo models |journal=Respiratory Research|volume=17|issue=1|pages=127|year=2016|issn=1465-993X|doi=10.1186/s12931-016-0447-z|pmc=5055681|pmid=27717371 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Nicotine affects neurological, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, immunological and gastrointestinal systems.<ref name=LeeFariss2016>{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Peter N.|last2=Fariss|first2=Marc W.|title=A systematic review of possible serious adverse health effects of nicotine replacement therapy|journal=Archives of Toxicology|volume=91|issue=4|year=2016|pages=1565–1594|issn=0340-5761|doi=10.1007/s00204-016-1856-y|pmc=5364244|pmid=27699443}}</ref> | |||
* In New Hampshire, the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors is illegal as of July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB1541.html |title=hb 1541 |publisher=gencourt.state.nh.us |accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> | |||
* Arizona is planning to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1053o.asp |title=Azleg.gov |publisher=Azleg.gov |accessdate=18 December 2010}}</ref> | |||
* In Maryland, sales to minors are banned.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.law.umaryland.edu/programs/tobacco/documents/E-Cig_Legislation.pdf | title=Electronic Cigarette Legislation Prohibiting Sale to Minors in Other States | publisher=University of Maryland, Baltimore | accessdate=6 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
* New York State banned the use of e-cigarettes within 100 feet of a public or private school entrance in September 2012, and banned e-cigarette sales to minors starting on 1 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/09/05/gov-cuomo-signs-new-electronic-cigarette-restrictions-into-law/|title=Gov. Cuomo Signs New Electronic Cigarette Restrictions into Law|date=5 September 2012|accessdate=26 December 2012|publisher=CBS New York}}</ref> | |||
** On 30 December 2013, New York City mayor ] signed a bill regulating e-cig usage in the same way as that of normal cigarettes. The bill was signed on his second to last day in office after the council approved regulation. One of the arguments from proponents of the bill was a need for contrast between on one hand claiming usage "safe" and on the other "safer than cigarettes, but still potentially dangerous."<ref name="Bloomberg bans ecigs indoors">{{cite web | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/30/politics/mayor-bloomberg-last-bills/index.html | title=Bloomberg signs his last 22 bills; one regulates e-cigarette use | publisher=CNN | accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mashable.com/2013/12/04/new-york-city-e-cigarettes/ | title=New York City Council Considers Restricting E-Cigarettes Indoors | accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://mashable.com/2013/12/30/bloomberg-e-cigarette/ | title=Lights Out: Bloomberg Bans E-Cigarettes in Last Days as Mayor | accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref> | |||
* In Pennsylvania, SB 1055 was introduced by Sen. Tim Solobay in 2013 and would ban sales to minors.<ref name="Pennsylvania SB 1055 2013-14">{{cite web | url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/BillInfo.cfm?syear=2013&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1055 | title=Pennsylvania SB 1055 2013–14 | accessdate=31 January 2014}}</ref> That same year physician members of the Pennsylvania Medical Society called upon the state legislature to pass electronic cigarette laws that have safeguards equivalent to existing tobacco laws.<ref name="Electronic Cigarettes Should Be Treated Like Tobacco, Say Pennsylvania Doctors">{{cite web | url=http://www.pamedsoc.org/FunctionalCategories/About/Media/Electronic-cigarettes-release.html | title=Electronic Cigarettes Should Be Treated Like Tobacco, Say Pennsylvania Doctors | accessdate=31 January 2014}}</ref> | |||
* New Kansas law that goes into effect July 1, 2012 bans possession of e-cigarettes by anyone under 18.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/jun/04/new-law-bans-e-cigarette-use-kids-under-18/ | title=New Law bans e-cigarette use for kids under 18 | accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref> | |||
] within the brain's ] occurs as a result of long-term nicotine use, leading to ].<ref name="D'Souza2011">{{cite journal|author1=D'Souza MS |author2=Markou A|title=Neuronal mechanisms underlying development of nicotine dependence: implications for novel smoking-cessation treatments|journal=Addict Sci Clin Pract|volume=6|issue=1|pages=4–16|year=2011|pmc=3188825|pmid=22003417}}</ref> The neurophysiological activities that are the basis of nicotine dependence are intricate.<ref name=JacksonMuldoon2015/> It includes genetic components, age, gender, and the environment.<ref name=JacksonMuldoon2015>{{cite journal|last1=Jackson|first1=K.J. |last2=Muldoon|first2=P.P.|last3=De Biasi|first3=M.|last4=Damaj|first4=M.I.|title=New mechanisms and perspectives in nicotine withdrawal|journal=Neuropharmacology|volume=96|issue=Pt B|year=2015|pages=223–234|issn=0028-3908 |doi=10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.11.009|pmc=4444410|pmid=25433149}}</ref> Nicotine addiction is a disorder which alters different neural systems such as dopaminergic, glutamatergic, GABAergic, serotoninergic, that take part in reacting to nicotine.<ref name=HadjiconstantinouNeff2011>{{cite journal|last1=Hadjiconstantinou|first1=Maria|last2=Neff|first2=Norton H.|title=Nicotine and endogenous opioids: Neurochemical and pharmacological evidence |journal=Neuropharmacology|volume=60|issue=7–8|year=2011|pages=1209–1220|issn=0028-3908|doi=10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.11.010|pmid=21108953|s2cid=45539554}}</ref> Long-term nicotine use affects a broad range of genes associated with neurotransmission, signal transduction, and synaptic architecture.<ref name=KorpidenHollander2015/> The ability to quitting smoking is affected by genetic factors, including genetically based differences in the way nicotine is metabolized.<ref name=ChenowethTyndale2017>{{cite journal|last1=Chenoweth|first1=Meghan J.|last2=Tyndale|first2=Rachel F.|title=Pharmacogenetic Optimization of Smoking Cessation Treatment|journal=Trends in Pharmacological Sciences|volume=38|issue=1|year=2017|pages=55–66|issn=0165-6147|doi=10.1016/j.tips.2016.09.006|pmc=5195866|pmid=27712845}}</ref> | |||
===Other countries=== | |||
* In Australia, the Federal Department of Health and Ageing classifies every form of nicotine, except for replacement therapies and cigarettes, as a form of poison.<ref name="Australian news">{{Cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,24930638-5014239,00.html |author=Helen Parker and Chloe Lake|title=E-cigarettes being sold online|work=News.com.au|date=19 January 2009|accessdate=19 January 2009}}</ref><ref name="Australian decision">{{cite web |url=http://www.tga.gov.au/ndpsc/record/rr200810.pdf |author=Therapeutic Goods Administration|title=National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee -record of reasons of meeting 54|work=Australian Government Department of_Health and Ageing Therapeutic Goods Administration: NDPSC document (chapter 12.1.3 at p.126-144)|date=15 October 2008|accessdate=13 May 2009}}</ref> The Therapeutic Goods Administration has said that there were no laws preventing the importation of e-cigarettes bought over the internet for personal use, unless prohibited by state and territory legislation.<ref name="The Age">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/banned-ecigarettes-may-be-a-health-hazard-but-buying-thems-a-wheeze-20101211-18ti7.html|title=Banned e-cigarettes may be a health hazard, but buying them's a wheeze |first=Jill|last= Stark|work=The Age |location=Australia|date=12 December 2010|accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref> State laws in Australia's various states are a little bit conflicting. According to the Poisons Standard of 2010, inhaled nicotine is Pharmacy Only, or a Schedule 2 medication when used to help quit smoking.<ref name="Poisons Standard 2010"> "Australian Government ComLaw"</ref><ref></ref> In April 2014 Western Australia made it illegal to sell or supply electronic cigarettes regardless of their appearance. Previously they were banned if they looked like cigarettes. The court ruled that the action they provided in and of itself looks like cigarettes. | |||
* In Argentina, sales, importation and manufacturing have been banned by the local regulatory authority as well as its use has been discouraged by the National Clinical Practice Guideline for Tobacco Cessation from lack of enough evidence.<ref>http://msal.gov.ar/ent/index.php/informacion-equipos-de-salud/guias-de-practica-clinica</ref> | |||
* In Brazil, the sale, importation and advertising of any kind of electronic cigarette is forbidden. The Brazilian health and sanitation federal agency, ], found the current health safety assessments about e-cigarettes to not be yet satisfactory for commercial approval eligibility.<ref name="Brazilian decision">{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/vidae,anvisa-proibe-comercializacao-do-cigarro-eletronico,427373,0.htm|author=Neri Vitor Eich|title=ANVISA proibe comercializacao do cigarro eletronico|work=Estado.com.br|date=31 August 2009|accessdate=15 November 2009}}</ref> | |||
* In Canada, as of March 2014, while the importation, sale, and advertising of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine is permitted, manufacturers and retailers may not make any claims about the products' efficacy for any health purpose.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} | |||
* In China, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes is legal.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} | |||
* In Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Health technical committee has rejected applications for marketing authorization of electronic cigarettes on the grounds that they contain harmful chemicals, and lack safety and toxicity data.{{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} | |||
* In Hong Kong the sale and possession of nicotine-based electronic cigarettes, classified as a Type I Poison, is governed under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. Sale or possession is not authorized and both are considered punishable with a fine of up to HK$100,000 and/or a prison term of 2 years. However, the law does not cover any non-nicotine inhalers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tobacco Control Office Department, Hong Kong|url=http://www.tco.gov.hk/english/infostation/infostation_ec.html|publisher=Tobacco Control Office Department, Hong Kong|accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref> | |||
* In India, the use of electronic cigarettes is legal. Under the Indian Health Law of 2006, tobacco smoking has been banned in public. Since e-cigarettes avoid the use of tobacco, they do not fall under this law.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Himachal Pradesh Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health Protection Act, 1997|url=http://india.gov.in/allimpfrms/allacts/1995.pdf}}</ref> | |||
* In Israel in 2013, the Ministry of Health planned to extend existing laws on smoking in public places to e-cigarettes, a year after warning against the product's usage.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4430314,00.html</ref> | |||
* In Japan, no laws pertaining specifically to the use of electronic cigarettes exists. However, the sale of products containing nicotine in Japan is regulated and no express permission to sell e-liquids containing nicotine has been given. Because of this, the sale of vaporizers is legal, but the sale of e-liquid is not. Individuals may however import e-liquid from overseas for personal use. | |||
* In Lebanon, the council of ministers has banned the sale and use of electronic cigarettes, starting 21 September 2011.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} | |||
* In Malaysia, the sale of e-cigarettes is an offence under the Poisons Act 1952 and the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984. Those found guilty of selling and distributing the product (as well as liquid nicotine for use in electronic cigarettes) will be fined no more than RM3,000, be jailed for no more than two years, or both.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thesundaily.my/news/593156 | title=E-cigarette usage may lead to various chronic diseases | publisher=theSundaily | accessdate=21 January 2013}}</ref> The Malaysian Health Minister stated that e-cigarettes containing liquid nicotine are more harmful than normal cigarettes and warned Malaysians to avoid them.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nst.com.my/latest/e-ciggy-is-more-dangerous-than-normal-ones-1.201312|title=E-ciggy is more dangerous than normal ones|date=14 January 2013|work=New Straits Times|accessdate=18 March 2013}}</ref> | |||
* In Mexico, the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks, announced that according to Mexican Law, the selling and promotion of non-tobacco objects that include elements generally associated with tobacco products are forbidden.<ref name="El Universal">{{Cite news |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/201265.html |author=Ruth Rodriguez|title=Reiteran prohibición del cigarro electrónico|work=eluniversal.com.mx|date=25 October 2012}}</ref> | |||
* In Nepal, under current cigarette laws, the use and sale of e-cigarettes is permitted. {{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} | |||
* In Pakistan, the import and sale of electronic cigarettes is legal, but Pakistan Medical and Dental council find that the current health safety assessments of e-cigarettes to not yet be satisfactory. {{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} | |||
* In Panama, the importation, distribution and sale of electronic cigarettes have been prohibited since June 2009. The Ministry of Health cites the FDA findings as their reasoning for the ban.<ref name="Panama decision">{{cite web|url=http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2009/10/22/hoy/panorama/1969677.asp |author=Yaritza Gricel Mojica|title=Advierten sobre cigarrillos con veneno|work=Prensa.com (Panama)|date=22 October 2009|accessdate=20 January 2010}}</ref> | |||
* In Singapore, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are currently prohibited under Section 16 (1) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, which is enforced by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). This legislation prohibits the importation, distribution, sale or offer for sale of any confectionery or other food product or any toy or other article that is designed to resemble a tobacco product or the packaging of which is designed to resemble the packaging commonly associated with tobacco products. HSA takes a serious view on any person who contravenes the law. Those guilty of the offence are liable to a fine of up to $5, 000 upon conviction.<ref name="HSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/health_products_regulation/tobacco/legislation/highlights___prohibition.html|title=Prohibition on imitation tobacco products|publisher=hsa.gov.sg|date=8 May 2013|accessdate=28 October 2013}}</ref> According to Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, electronic cigarettes are the industry's attempt to attract new users and were marketed to appeal to younger customers, including women.<ref name="Straits Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_555623.html |author=Janice Heng |title=Ban on new tobacco products |work=The Straits Times|date=20 July 2010|accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref> | |||
* In South Korea, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes is legal, but is heavily taxed. Electric cigarette possession among teenagers remains an issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20110402010024 |title=전자담배 즐기는 아들 |publisher=Seoul.co.kr |date=2 April 2011 |accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref> | |||
* In Turkey, the sale of electronic cigarettes and e-liquids are illegal. | |||
* In United Arab Emirates, the sale and use of electronic cigarettes is illegal.<ref> by Carolina D'Souza, '']'', 5 May 2013</ref> | |||
], such as ], are associated with its ability to excite the ] and ] systems.<ref name=DiMatteoPierucci2007>{{cite journal|last1=Di Matteo|first1=Vincenzo|last2=Pierucci |first2=Massimo|last3=Di Giovanni |first3=Giuseppe|last4=Benigno|first4=Arcangelo|last5=Esposito |first5=Ennio|title=The Neurobiological Bases for the Pharmacotherapy of Nicotine Addiction |journal=Current Pharmaceutical Design|volume=13|issue=12|year=2007 |pages=1269–1284|issn=1381-6128 |doi=10.2174/138161207780618920|pmid=17504235}}</ref><br/>''How does the nicotine in e-cigarettes affect the brain''?<ref name=SGUS-2016/> Until about age 25, the brain is still growing.<ref name=SGUS-2016/> Each time a new memory is created or a new skill is learned, stronger connections – or synapses – are built between brain cells.<ref name=SGUS-2016/> Young people's brains build synapses faster than adult brains.<ref name=SGUS-2016/> Because addiction is a form of learning, adolescents can get addicted more easily than adults.<ref name=SGUS-2016/> The nicotine in e-cigarettes and other tobacco products can also prime the adolescent brain for addiction to other drugs such as cocaine.<ref name=SGUS-2016>{{cite web|url=https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/knowtherisks.html#addiction|title=Know The Risks: E-Cigarettes & Young People – Addiction|publisher=Surgeon General of the United States|year=2016}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>|alt=An image of the human brain. The reinforcing effects of addictive drugs, such as nicotine, are associated with their ability to excite the mesolimbic and dopaminergic systems. How does the nicotine in e-cigarettes affect the brain? Until about age 25, the brain is still growing. Each time a new memory is created or a new skill is learned, stronger connections – or synapses – are built between brain cells. Young people's brains build synapses faster than adult brains. Because addiction is a form of learning, adolescents can get addicted more easily than adults. The nicotine in e-cigarettes and other tobacco products can also prime the adolescent brain for addiction to other drugs such as cocaine.]] | |||
==Related nicotine inhalation technologies== | |||
Nicotine is a ] ]<ref name=BeebeMyers2012>{{cite book|author1=Richard Beebe|author2=Jeff Myers|title=Professional Paramedic, Volume I: Foundations of Paramedic Care |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bS8KAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA640|date=19 July 2012|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-133-71465-1|pages=640–}}</ref> that binds to and activates ]s in the brain,<ref name=Bullen2014/> which subsequently causes the release of ] and other ]s, such as ], ], ], ], ], ]s,<ref name=BMJ2014>{{cite journal|title=Republished: Nicotine and health|journal=BMJ|volume=349|date=26 November 2014|at=2014.7.0264rep|issn=1756-1833 |doi=10.1136/bmj.2014.7.0264rep|pmid=25428425|s2cid=45426626 |author=Drug Therapeutics Bulletin}}</ref> and several ]s, including ]-derived ] and ].<ref name=RahmanReitz2005>{{cite book |author1=Atta-ur-Rahman |author2=Allen B. Reitz|title=Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCyDoIHToBQC&pg=PA279|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Bentham Science Publishers|isbn=978-1-60805-205-9|pages=279–}}</ref> Corticotropin-releasing factor, Neuropeptide Y, orexins, and norepinephrine are involved in nicotine addiction.<ref name=Bruijnzeel2012>{{cite journal|last1=Bruijnzeel|first1=Adrie W.|title=Tobacco addiction and the dysregulation of brain stress systems|journal=Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews|volume=36|issue=5|year=2012|pages=1418–1441|issn=0149-7634|pmc=3340450 |pmid=22405889|doi=10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.02.015}}</ref> Continuous exposure to nicotine can cause an increase in the number of nicotinic receptors, which is believed to be a result of receptor ] and subsequent receptor ].<ref name=BMJ2014/> | |||
There are other technologies currently under development that seek to deliver nicotine for oral inhalation in an effort to mimic both the ritualistic and behavioural aspects of traditional cigarettes. | |||
* ], through their subsidiary Nicoventures Limited, licensed a nicotine delivery system based on existing asthma ] technology. The technology is being developed by UK-based healthcare company ].{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} | |||
Long-term exposure to nicotine can also result in downregulation of ].<ref name=AlasmariAl-Rejaie2016>{{cite journal|last1=Alasmari|first1=Fawaz|last2=Al-Rejaie|first2=Salim S. |last3=AlSharari|first3=Shakir D.|last4=Sari|first4=Youssef|title=Targeting glutamate homeostasis for potential treatment of nicotine dependence|journal=Brain Research Bulletin |volume=121|year=2016 |pages=1–8|issn=0361-9230 |doi=10.1016/j.brainresbull.2015.11.010|pmc=4783195 |pmid=26589642}}</ref> Long-term nicotine exposure upregulates cortical nicotinic receptors, but it also lowers the activity of the nicotinic receptors in the cortical vasodilation region.<ref name=UchidaHotta2009/> These effects are not easily understood.<ref name=UchidaHotta2009>{{cite journal |last1=Uchida|first1=Sae|last2=Hotta|first2=Harumi|title=Cerebral Cortical Vasodilatation Mediated by Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors: Effects of Old Age and of Chronic Nicotine Exposure|journal=Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin|volume=32|issue=3 |year=2009|pages=341–344|issn=0918-6158|pmid=19252275 |doi=10.1248/bpb.32.341|doi-access=free}}</ref> With constant use of nicotine, ] occurs at least partially as a result of the development of new nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain.<ref name=BMJ2014/> | |||
* ] bought the rights to a nicotine ] technology developed by Jed Rose at Duke University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pmi.com/eng/media_center/press_releases/pages/201105261249.aspx |title=News Release May 26, 2011 |publisher=Pmi.com |date=26 May 2011 |accessdate=27 August 2013}}</ref> The technology is based on the chemical reaction between nicotine acid and a base, which produces an inhalable nicotine pyruvate vapour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/02/27/new.smoking.cessation.therapy.proves.promising |title=New smoking cessation therapy proves promising |publisher=Esciencenews.com |date=27 February 2010 |accessdate=27 August 2013}}</ref> | |||
After several months of nicotine abstinence, the number of receptors go back to normal.<ref name=Bullen2014/> The extent to which alterations in the brain caused by nicotine use are reversible is not fully understood.<ref name="KorpidenHollander2015">{{cite journal |last1=Korpi |first1=E. R. |last2=den Hollander |first2=B. |last3=Farooq |first3=U. |last4=Vashchinkina |first4=E. |last5=Rajkumar |first5=R. |last6=Nutt |first6=D. J. |last7=Hyytia |first7=P. |last8=Dawe |first8=G. S. |title=Mechanisms of Action and Persistent Neuroplasticity by Drugs of Abuse|journal=Pharmacological Reviews|volume=67|issue=4 |year=2015|pages=872–1004|issn=1521-0081 |doi=10.1124/pr.115.010967|pmid=26403687|doi-access=free}}</ref> Nicotine also stimulates nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the ], resulting in increased levels of ] and ].<ref name=BMJ2014/> Its physiological effects stem from the stimulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which are located throughout the ] and ]s.{{sfn|SGUS|2014|p=111}} | |||
When nicotine intake stops, the upregulated nicotinic acetylcholine receptors induce ].<ref name=Bullen2014/> These symptoms can include cravings for nicotine, anger, irritability, anxiety, depression, impatience, trouble sleeping, restlessness, hunger, weight gain, and difficulty concentrating.<ref name=Martin2016>{{cite web|publisher=Medline Plus |title=Nicotine and Tobacco|author1=Laura J. Martin |author2=David Zieve|author3=Isla Ogilvie|date=7 June 2016|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000953.htm}}</ref> When trying to quit smoking with vaping a base containing nicotine, symptoms of withdrawal can include irritability, restlessness, poor concentration, anxiety, depression, and hunger.<ref name=KhoudigianDevji2016/> The changes in the brain cause a nicotine user to feel abnormal when not using nicotine.<ref name=NIDA2007/> In order to feel normal, the user has to keep his or her body supplied with nicotine.<ref name=NIDA2007>{{cite web|url=https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/brain-power/grades-6-9/legal-doesn%27t-mean-harmless-module-2/background|title=Nicotine|publisher=National Institute on Drug Abuse|date=June 2007 |access-date=2 June 2019|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611224353/https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/brain-power/grades-6-9/legal-doesn%27t-mean-harmless-module-2/background}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> E-cigarettes may reduce cigarette craving and withdrawal symptoms.<ref name=ShahabBrose2013>{{cite journal|last1=Shahab |first1=Lion|last2=Brose|first2=Leonie S.|last3=West|first3=Robert|title=Novel Delivery Systems for Nicotine Replacement Therapy as an Aid to Smoking Cessation and for Harm Reduction: Rationale, and Evidence for Advantages over Existing Systems|journal=CNS Drugs|volume=27 |issue=12|year=2013|pages=1007–1019|issn=1172-7047|doi=10.1007/s40263-013-0116-4|pmid=24114587 |s2cid=207486096}}</ref> | |||
It is not clear whether e-cigarette use will decrease or increase overall ],<ref name=Palazzolo2013>{{cite journal|title=Electronic cigarettes and vaping: a new challenge in clinical medicine and public health. A literature review|first1=Dominic L.|last1=Palazzolo|journal=Frontiers in Public Health |volume=1|issue=56|pages=56|date=November 2013|doi=10.3389/fpubh.2013.00056 |pmc=3859972 |pmid=24350225 |doi-access=free}}</ref> but the nicotine content in e-cigarettes is adequate to sustain nicotine dependence.<ref name=Schroeder2014>{{cite journal|last1=Schroeder|first1=M. J.|last2=Hoffman |first2=A. C. |title=Electronic cigarettes and nicotine clinical pharmacology|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=23|issue=Supplement 2|year=2014|pages=ii30–ii35|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051469 |pmc=3995273 |pmid=24732160}}</ref> Chronic nicotine use causes a broad range of neuroplastic adaptations, making quitting hard to accomplish.<ref name=JacksonMuldoon2015/> A 2015 study found that users vaping non-nicotine e-liquid exhibited signs of dependence.<ref name=BoldSussman2017>{{cite journal|last1=Bold|first1=Krysten W.|last2=Sussman|first2=Steve|last3=O'Malley|first3=Stephanie S.|last4=Grana|first4=Rachel|last5=Foulds|first5=Jonathan |last6=Fishbein|first6=Howard|last7=Krishnan-Sarin|first7=Suchitra|title=Measuring E-cigarette dependence: Initial guidance|journal=Addictive Behaviors|volume=79|pages=213–218|year=2018|issn=0306-4603|pmc=5807200 |pmid=29174664|doi=10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.11.015}}</ref> Experienced users tend to take longer puffs which may result in higher nicotine intake.<ref name=BrelandSpindle2014/> It is difficult to assess the impact of nicotine dependence from e-cigarette use because of the wide range of e-cigarette products.<ref name=Schroeder2014/> The addiction potential of e-cigarettes may have risen because as they have progressed, they have delivered nicotine better.{{sfn|McNeill|2018|p=12}} | |||
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A 2015 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement stressed "the potential for these products to addict a new generation of youth to nicotine and reverse more than 50 years of public health gains in tobacco control."<ref name=JenssenWilson2017>{{cite journal|last1=Jenssen|first1=Brian P.|last2=Wilson|first2=Karen M.|title=Tobacco Control and Treatment for the Pediatric Clinician: Practice, Policy, and Research Updates |journal=Academic Pediatrics|volume=17|issue=3|pages=233–242|year=2017|issn=1876-2859|doi=10.1016/j.acap.2016.12.010|pmid=28069410}}</ref> The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about starting nicotine use among non-smokers,{{sfn|WHO|2014|p=6}} and the ] said e-cigarettes could maintain nicotine addiction in those who are attempting to quit.<ref name=DrugFacts2014>{{cite web |url=http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/electronic-cigarettes-e-cigarettes|title=DrugFacts: Electronic Cigarettes (e-Cigarettes)|work=National Institute on Drug Abuse|date=September 2014}}</ref> The limited available data suggests that the likelihood of excessive use of e-cigarettes is smaller than traditional cigarettes.<ref name=Evans2014>{{cite journal|last1=Evans|first1=S. E.|last2=Hoffman|first2=A. C.|title=Electronic cigarettes: abuse liability, topography and subjective effects|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=23|issue=Supplement 2|year=2014|pages=ii23–ii29|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051489|pmc=3995256|pmid=24732159}}</ref> No long-term studies have been done on the effectiveness of e-cigarettes in treating tobacco addiction,<ref name=Drummond2014/> but some evidence suggests that dual use of e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes may be associated with greater nicotine dependence.<ref name=Orellana-Barrios2015>{{cite journal|last1=Orellana-Barrios|first1=Menfil A.|last2=Payne|first2=Drew|last3=Mulkey|first3=Zachary|last4=Nugent|first4=Kenneth |title=Electronic cigarettes-a narrative review for clinicians|journal=The American Journal of Medicine|year=2015|volume=128|issue=7|pages=674–81|issn=0002-9343|doi=10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.033|pmid=25731134|doi-access=free}}</ref> | |||
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There is concern that children may progress from vaping to smoking.{{sfn|WHO|2014|p=6}} Adolescents are likely to underestimate nicotine's addictiveness.{{sfn|Chapman|2015|p=5}} Vulnerability to the brain-modifying effects of nicotine, along with youthful experimentation with e-cigarettes, could lead to a lifelong addiction.<ref name=Schraufnagel2015/> A long-term nicotine addiction from using a vape may result in using other tobacco products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/childandteentobaccouse/child-and-teen-tobacco-use-other-types|title=Teens like different forms of tobacco and nicotine|publisher=American Cancer Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920232939/http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/childandteentobaccouse/child-and-teen-tobacco-use-other-types|archive-date=20 September 2015}}</ref> The majority of addiction to nicotine starts during youth and young adulthood.<ref name=SinghArrazola2016>{{cite journal|last1=Singh|first1=Tushar|last2=Arrazola|first2=René A.|last3=Corey|first3=Catherine G.|last4=Husten |first4=Corinne G.|last5=Neff|first5=Linda J.|last6=Homa|first6=David M.|last7=King|first7=Brian A.|title=Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2015|journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|volume=65|issue=14|year=2016|pages=361–367|issn=0149-2195|doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm6514a1|pmid=27077789|doi-access=free}}</ref> Adolescents are more likely to become nicotine dependent than adults.<ref name=ChatterjeeAlzghoul2016/> | |||
The adolescent brain seems to be particularly sensitive to neuroplasticity as a result of nicotine.<ref name=KorpidenHollander2015/> Minimal exposure could be enough to produce neuroplastic alterations in the very sensitive adolescent brain.<ref name=KorpidenHollander2015/> A 2014 review found that in studies up to a third of young people who have not tried a traditional cigarette have used e-cigarettes.<ref name=Grana2014/> The degree to which teens are using e-cigarettes in ways the manufacturers did not intend, such as increasing the nicotine delivery, is unknown,<ref name=Durmowicz2014>{{cite journal|last1=Durmowicz|first1=E. L.|title=The impact of electronic cigarettes on the paediatric population|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=23|issue=Supplement 2|year=2014|pages=ii41–ii46|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051468|pmc=3995262 |pmid=24732163}}</ref> as is the extent to which e-cigarette use may lead to addiction or ] in young people.<ref name=Durmowicz2014/> | |||
===Positions === | |||
{{Main|Positions of medical organizations on electronic cigarettes}} | |||
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Because of overlap with tobacco laws and medical drug policies, ] is being debated{{When|date=February 2021}} in many countries.<ref name=KimKabir2016/> The revised EU ] came into effect in May 2016, providing stricter regulations for e-cigarettes.<ref name=BI2016/> In February 2010 the ] ruled against the ]'s seizure of E-Cigarettes as a "drug-device" and in December 2010 the ] confirmed them to be tobacco products which were by then subject to regulation under the 2009 ].<ref name="Sottera_v_FDA">{{cite web |title=Sottera v US Food and Drug Administration |url=https://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/content/sottera-inc-v-us-food-and-drug-administration |publisher=Public Health Law Center |access-date=23 February 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223235707/https://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/content/sottera-inc-v-us-food-and-drug-administration |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2016, the US FDA extended its regulatory power to include e-cigarettes, cigars, and "all other tobacco products".<ref name=FDA-August-2017/> ] companies have{{When|date=February 2021}} greatly increased their ].<ref name=Drummond2014/> | |||
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The ] in US and Europe are primarily concerned with their possible effect on ].<ref name=Gualano2015>{{cite journal|last1=Gualano|first1=Maria Rosaria|last2=Passi |first2=Stefano |last3=Bert|first3=Fabrizio|last4=La Torre|first4=Giuseppe|last5=Scaioli|first5=Giacomo|last6=Siliquini|first6=Roberta|title=Electronic cigarettes: assessing the efficacy and the adverse effects through a systematic review of published studies|journal=Journal of Public Health|volume=37|issue=3|date=September 2015|pages=488–497|issn=1741-3842|doi=10.1093/pubmed/fdu055|pmid=25108741|doi-access=free}}</ref> There is concern among public health experts that e-cigarettes could renormalize smoking, weaken measures to ],<ref name=HSF2014>{{cite web|title=Heart and Stroke Foundation: E-cigarettes in Canada |url=http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.9207931/k.D09C/Heart_and_Stroke_Foundation_Ecigarettes_in_Canada.htm|publisher=Heart and Stroke Foundation|date=September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006173717/http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.9207931/k.D09C/Heart_and_Stroke_Foundation_Ecigarettes_in_Canada.htm|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and serve as a gateway for smoking among young people.<ref name=WLF2014/> The public health community is divided over whether to support e-cigarettes, because their safety and efficacy for ] is unclear.<ref name=FranckFilion2016>{{cite journal|last1=Franck|first1=Caroline|last2=Filion|first2=Kristian B.|last3=Kimmelman|first3=Jonathan|last4=Grad|first4=Roland|last5=Eisenberg|first5=Mark J.|title=Ethical considerations of e-cigarette use for tobacco harm reduction|journal=Respiratory Research|volume=17|issue=1|pages=53|year=2016|issn=1465-993X|doi=10.1186/s12931-016-0370-3|pmc=4869264|pmid=27184265 |doi-access=free }}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=https://respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12931-016-0370-3|author(s)=Caroline Franck, Kristian B. Filion, Jonathan Kimmelman, Roland Grad and Mark J. Eisenberg}}</ref> Many in the public health community acknowledge the potential for their quitting smoking and decreasing harm benefits, but there remains a concern over their long-term safety and potential for a new era of users to get addicted to nicotine and then tobacco.<ref name=WLF2014>{{cite web|url=https://www.vitalstrategies.org/press/who-right-to-call-for-e-cigarette-regulation/|title=WHO Right to Call for E-Cigarette Regulation|publisher=World Lung Federation|date=26 August 2014}}</ref> There is concern among tobacco control academics and advocates that prevalent universal vaping "will bring its own distinct but as yet unknown health risks in the same way tobacco smoking did, as a result of chronic exposure", among other things.<ref name=BullenKnight-West2016>{{cite journal|last1=Bullen|first1=Chris|last2=Knight-West|first2=Oliver|title=E-cigarettes for the management of nicotine addiction|journal=Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation|volume=7|date=August 2016|pages=111–118|issn=1179-8467|doi=10.2147/SAR.S94264|pmc=4993405|pmid=27574480 |doi-access=free }}</ref> | |||
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Medical organizations differ in their views about the health implications of vaping.<ref name=FCA2014>{{cite web|url=http://www.fctc.org/images/stories/policy_brief.pdf|title=FCA Policy briefing Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems|publisher=Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control|date=13–18 October 2014|access-date=2 March 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092109/http://www.fctc.org/images/stories/policy_brief.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is general agreement that e-cigarettes expose users to fewer ]s than ]s.<ref name=Hartmann-BoyceMcRobbie2016/> Some healthcare groups and policy makers have hesitated to recommend e-cigarettes for quitting smoking, because of limited evidence of effectiveness and safety.<ref name=Hartmann-BoyceMcRobbie2016/> Some have advocated bans on e-cigarette sales and others have suggested that e-cigarettes may be regulated as ] but with less nicotine content or be regulated as a ].<ref name=McRobbieBullen2014/> | |||
A 2019 ] (WHO) report found that the ] "does not support the tobacco industry's claim that these products are less harmful relative to conventional tobacco products" and that there is insufficient evidence to support vaping as a smoking cessation tool.<ref>{{cite report |author=World Health Organization |year=2019 |section=Offer help to quit tobacco use |section-url=https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/326043 |title=WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2019 |publisher=World Health Organization |isbn=9789241516204}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author=WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation |title=Report on the Scientific Basis of Tobacco Product Regulation: Fifth Report of a WHO Study Group |date=2015 |series=WHO Technical Report Series |volume=989 |publisher=World Health Organization |location=Geneva |isbn=9789240693807 |url=https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/715269/retrieve |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Farber2021_ATS">{{cite journal |last1=Farber |first1=Harold J. |last2=Conrado Pacheco Gallego |first2=Manuel |last3=Galiatsatos |first3=Panagis |last4=Folan |first4=Patricia |last5=Lamphere |first5=Thomas |last6=Pakhale |first6=Smita |title=Harms of Electronic Cigarettes: What the Healthcare Provider Needs to Know |journal=Annals of the American Thoracic Society |date=1 April 2021 |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=567–572 |doi=10.1513/AnnalsATS.202009-1113CME |pmid=33284731 |s2cid=227948907 |issn=2329-6933}}</ref> Healthcare organizations in the UK (including the ] and ]) have encouraged smokers to switch to e-cigarettes or other nicotine replacements if they cannot quit, as this would potentially save millions of lives.<ref name="RCP_report">{{cite web |last1=Royal College of Physicians |title=Nicotine Without Smoke -- Tobacco Harm Reduction |url=https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/file/3563/download?token=Mu0K_ZR0 |access-date=30 September 2020 |pages=125 |quote=Use of nicotine alone, in the doses used by smokers, represents little if any hazard to the user.}}</ref><ref name=PHE2015>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/e-cigarettes-an-emerging-public-health-consensus|title=E-cigarettes: an emerging public health consensus |publisher=Public Health England|location=UK|date=15 September 2015}}</ref> The ],{{refn|group=note|"The ACS does not recommend the use of e-cigarettes as a cessation method. No e-cigarette has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a safe and effective cessation product. The long-term risks of exclusive use of e-cigarettes are not fully known but evidence is accumulating that e-cigarette use has negative effects on the cardiovascular system and lungs. Without immediate measures to stop epidemic use of these products, the long-term adverse health effects will increase."<ref>{{cite web |title=Position Statement on Electronic Cigarettes |publisher=American Cancer Society |date=19 November 2019 |url=https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/e-cigarettes-vaping/e-cigarette-position-statement.html |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>}} ],{{refn|group=note|"Companies should not be able to claim that e-cigarettes are a cessation aid unless they are approved by the FDA for that purpose...There is not yet enough evidence for clinicians to counsel their patients who are using combustible tobacco products to use e-cigarettes as a primary cessation aid. The association will continue to monitor the evidence concerning e-cigarettes as cessation devices to determine whether they might be integrated into comprehensive cessation strategies. For patients with existing cardiovascular disease and stroke, or at risk of a cardiovascular disease event, intensive cessation counseling should be offered as soon as possible."<ref name=Bhatnagar2014>{{cite journal |last1=Bhatnagar |first1=Aruni |last2=Whitsel |first2=Laurie P. |last3=Ribisl |first3=Kurt M. |last4=Bullen |first4=Chris |last5=Chaloupka |first5=Frank |last6=Piano |first6=Mariann R. |last7=Robertson |first7=Rose Marie |last8=McAuley |first8=Timothy |last9=Goff |first9=David |last10=Benowitz |first10=Neal |title=Electronic Cigarettes: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association |journal=Circulation |date=14 October 2014 |volume=130 |issue=16 |pages=1418–1436 |doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000107 |doi-access=free |pmid=25156991 |pmc=7643636 |orig-year=Published online 24 August 2014}}</ref>}} and the ] have cautioned that accumulating evidence indicates e-cigarettes may have negative effects on the heart and lungs and should not be used to quit smoking without sufficient evidence that they are safe and effective.<ref name=SGUSReport2016/> | |||
In 2016, the US ] (US FDA) stated that "Although ENDS may potentially provide cessation benefits to individual smokers, no ENDS have been approved as effective cessation aids."<ref name="FDA2016">{{cite journal|title=Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Restrictions on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning Statements for Tobacco Products |journal=Federal Register|volume=81 |issue=90|pages=28974–29106|date=10 May 2016|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/05/10/2016-10685/deeming-tobacco-products-to-be-subject-to-the-federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-as-amended-by-the}}</ref> In 2019 the ] stated that "The long-term effects of ECIG use are unknown, and there is therefore no evidence that ECIGs are safer than tobacco in the long term"<ref name=BalsBoyd2019/> and that "he tobacco harm reduction strategy is based on well-meaning but incorrect or undocumented claims or assumptions."<ref name="Pisinger2019ERS">{{cite journal |last1=Pisinger |first1=Charlotta |last2=Dagli |first2=Elif |last3=Filippidis |first3=Filippos T. |last4=Hedman |first4=Linnea |last5=Janson |first5=Christer |last6=Loukides |first6=Stelios |last7=Ravara |first7=Sofia |last8=Saraiva |first8=Isabel |last9=Vestbo |first9=Jørgen |title=ERS and tobacco harm reduction |journal=European Respiratory Journal |date=December 2019 |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=1902009 |doi=10.1183/13993003.02009-2019|pmid=31801824 |s2cid=208642811|hdl=10044/1/75851 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Farber2021_ATS"/> Following hundreds of possible cases of severe ] and five confirmed deaths associated with vaping in the US, the ] stated on 6 September 2019 that people should consider not using vaping products while their investigation is ongoing.<ref>{{cite web |author=((CDC's Office on Smoking and Health)) |date=3 August 2021 |title=Smoking and Tobacco Use; Electronic Cigarettes |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html}}</ref> | |||
== History == | |||
It is commonly stated that the modern e-cigarette was invented in 2003 by Chinese pharmacist ], but tobacco companies had been developing nicotine aerosol generation devices since as early as 1963.<ref name="DutraGrana2016">{{cite journal|last1=Dutra|first1=Lauren M|last2=Grana|first2=Rachel|last3=Glantz|first3=Stanton A|year=2016|title=Philip Morris research on precursors to the modern e-cigarette since 1990|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=26|issue=e2|pages=tobaccocontrol–2016–053406|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053406|issn=0964-4563|pmc=5432409|pmid=27852893}}</ref> | |||
===Early prototypes and barriers to entry: 1920s–1990s=== | |||
In 1927, Joseph Robinson applied for a patent for an electronic vaporizer to be used with medicinal compounds.<ref name=Sharma2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.techpluto.com/a-modern-device-with-an-illustrious-history/|title=A Modern Device with an Illustrious History|publisher=TechPluto|author=Prashant Sharma|date=6 November 2015}}</ref> The patent was approved in 1930 but the device was never marketed.<ref name=CASAA2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.casaa.org/historical-timeline-of-electronic-cigarettes/|title=A Historical Timeline of Electronic Cigarettes|publisher=The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association|year=2016}}</ref> In 1930, the ] reported a patent stating, "for holding medicinal compounds which are electrically or otherwise heated to produce vapors for inhalation."<ref name="FarsalinosGillman2016">{{cite book |last1=Farsalinos |first1=Konstantinos E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j20kDAAAQBAJ |title=Analytical Assessment of e-Cigarettes: From Contents to Chemical and Particle Exposure Profiles |last2=Gillman |first2=I. Gene |last3=Hecht |first3=Stephen S. |last4=Polosa |first4=Riccardo |last5=Thornburg |first5=Jonathan |date=16 November 2016 |publisher=Elsevier Science |isbn=978-0-12-811242-7 |page=1 |author-link4=Riccardo Polosa}}</ref> In 1934 and 1936, further similar patents were applied for.<ref name=FarsalinosGillman2016/> | |||
The earliest e-cigarette can be traced to American Herbert A. Gilbert.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/12/07/americas_vaping_revolution_how_suspicious_should_we_really_be_of_the_e_cigarette_craze|title=America's vaping revolution: How suspicious should we really be of the e-cigarette craze?|work=]|author=Noah Charney|date=7 December 2014}}</ref> In 1963, Gilbert applied for a patent for "a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" that involved "replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/patents?id=RjlUAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012190130/http://www.google.com/patents?id=RjlUAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2011|title=US Patent 3200819. Smokeless non-tobacco cigarette|date=17 August 1965}}</ref><ref name=Bellis2015/> This device produced flavored steam without nicotine.<ref name=Bellis2015/> The patent was granted in 1965.<ref name=PH2014>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2014/03/e-cigarette-patent-wars|title=A case of the vapers|publisher=]|author=P.H.|date=17 March 2014}}</ref> Gilbert's invention was ahead of its time.<ref name=Beck2014>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/schrodingers-cigarette-is-electronic-safer/372671/|title=Schrödinger's Cigarette: Is Electronic Safer?|work=The Atlantic|author=Julie Beck|date=13 June 2014}}</ref> However, it received little attention<ref name=Millstein2009>{{cite news|url=https://timeline.com/stories/e-cigarettes-vape-ban-health-nicotine-smoking|title=The Push to Ban E-Cigarettes: Where's the Proof?|last1=Millstein|first1=Seth|work=TimeLine|date=25 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702161454/https://timeline.com/stories/e-cigarettes-vape-ban-health-nicotine-smoking|archive-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> and was never commercialized<ref name=Bellis2015>{{cite web|url=http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Electronic-Cigarettes.htm|title=Who Invented Electronic Cigarettes?|publisher=About.com|author=Mary Bellis|year=2015|access-date=21 September 2013|archive-date=1 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801004411/https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-inventions-4133301|url-status=dead}}</ref> because smoking was still fashionable at that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/special-features/electronic-cigarette-sales-rise-1817925|title=Electronic Cigarette Sales on the Rise|publisher=]|date=24 August 2011}}</ref> Gilbert said in 2013 that today's electric cigarettes follow the basic design set forth in his original patent.<ref name=PH2014/> | |||
The Favor cigarette, introduced in 1986 by public company Advanced Tobacco Products, was another early noncombustible product promoted as an alternative nicotine-containing tobacco product.<ref name=SGUSReport2016/> Favor was conceptualized by Phil Ray, one of the founders of ] and inventors of the microprocessor. Development started in 1979 by Phil Ray and Norman Jacobson.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2014/06/favor-cigarette-interview-dr-norman-jacobson.html | publisher=Ashtray Blog | title=Vaping 1970's Style: An Interview with One of the Pioneers | first=James | last=Dunworth | date=June 2014 | access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> Favor was a "plastic, smoke-free product shaped and colored like a conventional cigarette that contained a filter paper soaked with liquid nicotine so users could draw a small dose by inhaling. There was no electricity, combustion, or smoke; it delivered only nicotine."<ref>{{cite thesis |last=MCGonegal |first=Matthew |date=November 2019 |title="Can I rip your Juul?" |type=Bsc |chapter= |publisher=University of Oregon | url=https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/25781 | access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> | |||
Favor cigarettes were sold in California and several Southwestern states, marketed as "an alternative to smokers, and only to smokers, to use where smoking is unacceptable or prohibited."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-05-27-8602070938-story.html | title=Company sniffs profits from a smokeless cigarette | newspaper=] | date=27 May 1986 | access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> In 1987, the ] exercised jurisdiction over products analogous to E-Cigarettes.<ref>{{cite web | title=FDA's Brief in Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction | date=11 May 2009 | url=https://www.fda.gov/media/77379/download | publisher=Food and Drug Administration}}</ref> Advanced Tobacco Products never challenged the Warning Letter and ceased all distribution of Favor.<ref>{{cite web | title=Spotlight on Tobacco {{!}} Future Developments in the Regulation of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: Potential Over-the-Counter Pathway | url=https://www.fdli.org/2018/10/spotlight-on-tobacco-future-developments-in-the-regulation-of-electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems-potential-over-the-counter-pathway/ | first1=Azim | last1=Chowdhury | first2=Samuel | last2=Jockel | publisher=Food and Drug Law Institute | series=Update magazine | date=October–November 2018 | access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> Ray's wife Brenda Coffee coined the term ''vaping''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.1010parkplace.com/a-deadly-addicting-lie/ | first=Brenda | last=Coffee | publisher=1010ParkPlace | title=A deadly addicting lie | date=22 December 2018 | access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> Philip Morris' division NuMark, launched in 2013 the MarkTen e-cigarette that Philip Morris had been working on since 1990.<ref name="DutraGrana2016" /> | |||
===Modern electronic cigarette: 2000s=== | |||
Despite these earlier efforts, ], a Chinese pharmacist and inventor, who worked as a research pharmacist for a company producing ] products,<ref name=Demick2009>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-25-fg-china-cigarettes25-story.html|author=Barbara Demick|title=A high-tech approach to getting a nicotine fix|work=Los Angeles Times|date=25 April 2009}}</ref> is frequently credited with the invention of the modern e-cigarette.<ref name=DutraGrana2016/> Hon quit smoking after his father, also a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer.<ref name=Demick2009/> In 2001, he thought of using a ], ] ]-emitting element to vaporize a pressurized jet of liquid containing nicotine.<ref name=Sridi2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/20131007.OBS0070/i-was-sure-that-the-electronic-cigarette-would-be-welcomed-with-open-arms.html|title=I was sure that the electronic cigarette would be welcomed with open arms|last1=Sridi|first1=Nicolas|publisher=Sciences et Avenir|date=10 July 2013}}</ref> This design creates a smoke-like vapor.<ref name=Demick2009/> Hon said that using resistance heating obtained better results and the difficulty was to scale down the device to a small enough size.<ref name=Sridi2013/> Hon's invention was intended to be an alternative to smoking.<ref name=Sridi2013/> Hon Lik sees the e-cigarette as comparable to the "digital camera taking over from the analogue camera."<ref name=Hancock2013/> Ultimately, Hon Lik did not quit smoking. He is now a dual user, both smoking and vaping.<ref name=Times2021>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vape-nation-how-did-britain-end-up-so-hooked-on-e-cigarettes-q5r5vg89s|title=Vape nation: how did Britain end up so hooked on e‑cigarettes?|date=30 October 2021|work=]|last1=Spencer|first1=Ben|last2=Calver|first2=Tom}}</ref> | |||
] e-cigar was first launched in China in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/29435175/ns/health-addictions/t/e-cigarettes-attracting-attention-scrutiny/#.V7guajZRE5s|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306082410/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29435175/ns/health-addictions/t/e-cigarettes-attracting-attention-scrutiny/#.V7guajZRE5s|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|title=E-cigarettes attracting attention — and scrutiny|work=] |agency=Associated Press|date=27 February 2009}}</ref>|alt=Ruyan first-generation electronic cigar.]] | |||
Hon Lik registered a patent for the modern e-cigarette design in 2003.<ref name=Sridi2013/> Hon is credited with developing the first commercially successful electronic cigarette.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/04/business/chinese-e-cigarette-inventor-fights-for-royalties/#.VWv8ulJI3s1|title=Chinese e-cigarette inventor fights for royalties|work=]|author=Tom Hancock|date=4 October 2013|access-date=1 June 2015|archive-date=1 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801004413/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article-expired/#.VWv8ulJI3s1|url-status=dead}}</ref> The e-cigarette was first introduced to the Chinese domestic market in 2004.<ref name=Demick2009/> Many versions made their way to the US, sold mostly over the Internet by small marketing firms.<ref name=Demick2009/> E-cigarettes entered the European market and the US market in 2006 and 2007.<ref name=HiemstraBals2016/> The company that Hon worked for, Golden Dragon Holdings, registered an international patent in November 2007.<ref name=Espacenet2007>{{cite web|url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2007267031&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP|title=Electronic Atomization Cigarette |website=Worldwide.espacenet.com|date=22 November 2007}}</ref> The company changed its name to Ruyan (如烟, literally "like smoke"<ref name=Demick2009/>) later the same month,<ref name=CSDStaff2013/> and started exporting its products.<ref name=Demick2009/> | |||
Many US and Chinese e-cigarette makers copied his designs illegally, so Hon has not received much financial reward for his invention (although some US manufacturers have compensated him through out-of-court settlements).<ref name=Hancock2013>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinas-e-cigarette-inventor-fights-for-financial-rewards/ |title=China's e-cigarette inventor fights for financial rewards |author=Tom Hancock|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=1 October 2013}}</ref> Ruyan later changed its company name to ].<ref name=CSDStaff2013>{{cite news |url=http://www.cstoredecisions.com/2013/08/21/dragonite-sells-e-vapor-business-to-itg/#_|title=Dragonite Sells E-Vapor Business To ITG|publisher=Convenient Store Decisions|author=Staff|date=21 August 2013}}</ref> As of 2014, most e-cigarettes used a battery-powered heating element rather than the earlier ultrasonic technology design.<ref name=Bhatnagar2014/> | |||
Initially, their performance did not meet the expectations of users.<ref name=GarnerStevens2014/> The e-cigarette continued to evolve from the first-generation three-part device.<ref name=Bhatnagar2014/> In 2007, British entrepreneurs Umer and Tariq Sheikh invented the cartomizer.<ref name=E2015>{{cite web|url=http://stevevape.com/what-does-the-future-hold-for-vaping-technology/|title=What Does The Future Hold For Vaping Technology?|publisher=Steve K's Vaping World|author=Mike K|date=9 June 2015}}</ref> This is a mechanism that integrates the heating coil into the liquid chamber.<ref name=E2015/> They launched this new device in the UK in 2008 under their Gamucci brand<ref name=Denham2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/article/brothers-who-took-punt-new-market/|title=Brothers who took a punt on a new market|publisher=CityAM|author=Annabel Denham|date=10 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507042819/http://www.cityam.com/article/brothers-who-took-punt-new-market/|archive-date=7 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the design is now widely adopted by most "cigalike" brands.<ref name=Bhatnagar2014/> Other users tinkered with various parts to produce more satisfactory homemade devices, and the hobby of "modding" was born.<ref name=Grothaus2014/> The first mod to replace the e-cigarette's case to accommodate a longer-lasting battery, dubbed the "screwdriver", was developed by Ted and Matt Rogers<ref name=Grothaus2014/> in 2008.<ref name=GarnerStevens2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.coresta.org/sites/default/files/technical_documents/main/ECIG-RefRep_Ecig-History-Operation-Regulation_Feb2014b.pdf|title=A Brief Description of History, Operation and Regulation |last1=Garner|first1=Charles|last2=Stevens|first2=Robert|website=Coresta|date=February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303041105/http://www.coresta.org/Reports/ECIG-RefRep_Ecig-History-Operation-Regulation_Feb2014b.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other enthusiasts built their own mods to improve functionality or aesthetics.<ref name=Grothaus2014/> When pictures of mods appeared at online vaping forums many people wanted them, so some mod makers produced more for sale.<ref name=Grothaus2014/> | |||
In 2008, a consumer created an e-cigarette called the screwdriver.<ref name=GarnerStevens2014/> The device generated a lot of interest back then, as it let the user to vape for hours at one time.<ref name=Grothaus2014/> The invention led to demand for customizable e-cigarettes, prompting manufacturers to produce devices with interchangeable components that could be selected by the user.<ref name=GarnerStevens2014/> In 2009, Joyetech developed the eGo series<ref name=E2015/> which offered the power of the screwdriver model and a user-activated switch to a wide market.<ref name=GarnerStevens2014/> The clearomizer was invented in 2009.<ref name=E2015/> Originating from the cartomizer design, it contained the wicking material, an e-liquid chamber, and an atomizer coil within a single clear component.<ref name=E2015/> The clearomizer allows the user to monitor the liquid level in the device.<ref name=E2015/> Soon after the clearomizer reached the market, replaceable atomizer coils and variable voltage batteries were introduced.<ref name=E2015/> Clearomizers and eGo batteries became the best-selling customizable e-cigarette components in early 2012.<ref name=GarnerStevens2014/> | |||
===International growth: 2010s – present=== | |||
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|Acquired a 35% stake in ].<ref name=Younkman2019>{{cite news|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/11/12/altria-has-a-juul-in-the-rough.aspx|title=Altria Has a Juul in the Rough |last1=Younkman|first1=Jon |work=]|date=12 November 2019}}</ref> | |||
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International tobacco companies dismissed e-cigarettes as a fad at first.<ref name=Akam2015>{{cite news|url=http://europe.newsweek.com/big-tobacco-fights-back-how-cigarette-kings-bought-vaping-industry-327758|title=Big Tobacco fights back: how the cigarette kings bought the vaping industry|last1=Akam|first1=Simon|work=Newsweek|date=27 May 2015}}</ref> However, recognizing the development of a potential new market sector that could render traditional tobacco products obsolete,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/business/21586867-regulators-wrestle-e-smokes-tobacco-industry-changing-fast-kodak-moment|title=Kodak moment|newspaper=The Economist |date=28 September 2013}}</ref> they began to produce and market their own brands of e-cigarettes and acquire existing e-cigarette companies.<ref name=Esterl2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579360552508696542|title=Altria Expands in E-Cigarettes With Green Smoke|author=Mike Esterl|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=3 February 2014}}</ref> They bought the largest e-cigarette companies.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> ], a prominent US e-cigarette manufacturer, was acquired by ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tobacco-companies-bet-on-electronic-cigarettes/|title=Tobacco companies bet on electronic cigarettes|author=Brian Montopoli|work=CBS News|date=11 June 2013}}</ref> for ]135 million in April 2012.<ref name=Nasaw2012/> | |||
] was the first tobacco business to sell e-cigarettes in the UK.<ref name=Manning2013/> They launched the e-cigarette Vype in July 2013,<ref name=Manning2013>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-american-tobacco-enters-electronic-cigarette-market-in-britain-with-the-vype-8737286.html|author=Sanchez Manning|title=British American Tobacco enters electronic cigarette market in Britain with the 'Vype'|work=The Independent|date=29 July 2013}}</ref> while ]'s Fontem Ventures acquired the intellectual property owned by Hon Lik through Dragonite International Limited for $US 75 million in 2013 and launched Puritane in partnership with ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-02/imperial-tobacco-agrees-to-acquire-dragonite-s-e-cigarette-unit.html |title=Imperial Tobacco Agrees to Acquire Dragonite's E-Cigarette Unit|last1=Gustafsson|first1=Katarina|work=]|date=2 September 2013}}</ref> On 1 October 2013 Lorillard Inc. acquired another e-cigarette company, this time the UK based company SKYCIG.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/blog/2013/10/lorillard-acquires-british-e-cig.html|title=Lorillard acquires British e-cig maker for $48.6M|last1=Arcieri |first1=Katie|publisher=]|date=1 October 2013}}</ref> SKY was rebranded as blu.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csnews.com/product-categories/tobacco/lorillard-rebrand-skycig-blu-ecigs?nopaging=1 |title=Lorillard to Rebrand SKYCIG as blu eCigs|work=Convenience Store News|date=27 March 2014}}</ref> | |||
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On 3 February 2014, ] acquired popular e-cigarette brand Green Smoke for $110 million.<ref name="ReutersAltria2014">{{cite news |title=RPT-Fitch: Altria Green Smoke Buy Highlights Industry e-Cig Interest |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/fitch-altria-green-smoke-buy-highlights/rpt-fitch-altria-green-smoke-buy-highlights-industry-e-cig-interest-idUSFit68990920140205 |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=Reuters |date=5 February 2014 |language=en}}</ref> The deal was finalized in April 2014 for $110 million with $20 million in incentive payments.<ref name="FoxBizAltria2016">{{cite news |last1=Egan |first1=Matt |title=Altria Bolsters E-Cigarette Business With $110M Buy of Green Smoke |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/altria-bolsters-e-cigarette-business-with-110m-buy-of-green-smoke |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=FOXBusiness |date=9 January 2016}}</ref> Altria also markets its own e-cigarette, the MarkTen, while ] has entered the sector with its ] product.<ref name=Esterl2014/> Philip Morris, the world's largest tobacco company, purchased UK's Nicocigs in June 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/philip-morris-buys-ecigarette-maker-nicocigs-as-it-warns-of-falling-profits-9565087.html|author=Gideon Spanier|title=Philip Morris buys e-cigarette maker Nicocigs as it warns of falling profits|work=The Independent|date=26 June 2014}}</ref> On 30 April 2015, ] bought the US ] e-cigarette brand.<ref name=CSN2015/> Japan Tobacco also bought the UK E-Lites brand in June 2014.<ref name=CSN2015>{{cite news|url=https://csnews.com/japan-tobaccos-global-ambitions-lead-logic-acquisition|title=Japan Tobacco's Global Ambitions Lead to Logic Acquisition |work=Convenience Store News|date=30 April 2015}}</ref> On 15 July 2014, Lorillard sold blu to Imperial Tobacco as part of a deal for $7.1 billion.<ref name=Mangan2014>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/15/feeling-blu-e-cig-company-spun-off-in-major-tobacco-deal.html|title=Feeling blu? E-cig company spun off in major tobacco deal|first1=Dan |last1=Mangan|publisher=]|date=15 July 2014}}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, 95% of e-cigarettes were made in China.<ref name=JenssenBoykan2019/> | |||
In the UK, where most vaping uses refillable sets and e-liquid, there is now support from the ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2021 |title=Using e-cigarettes to stop smoking |url=https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/quit-smoking/using-e-cigarettes-to-stop-smoking/ |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=nhs.uk |language=en}}</ref> and other medical bodies now embrace the use of e-cigarettes as a viable way to quit smoking. This has contributed to record numbers of people vaping, with estimated 3.6 million in 2019, 3.2 million in 2020, rising to 3.6 million in 2021.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=(ASH) |first=Action on Smoking and Health |date=June 2021 |title=Use of e-cigarettes (vapes) among adults in Great Britain. 2021 |url=https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Use-of-e-cigarettes-vapes-among-adults-in-Great-Britain-2021.pdf |journal=Use of E-cigarettes (Vapes) Among Adults in Great Britain. 2021}}</ref> Current vapers being 2.2 million as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Tobi |last2=Health |first2=Tobi Thomas |date=2024-08-11 |title=Number of UK adults who vape reaches record level, report finds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/12/number-of-uk-adults-who-vape-reaches-record-level-report-finds#:~:text=The%20proportion%20of%20adults%20who,equivalent%20of%202.2%20million%20people. |access-date=2024-08-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> | |||
== Society and culture == | |||
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Consumers have shown passionate support for e-cigarettes that other nicotine replacement products did not receive.<ref name=Britton2014/> They have a mass appeal that could challenge combustible tobacco's market position.<ref name=Britton2014/> | |||
By 2013, a ] had emerged calling itself "the vaping community".<ref name=Couts2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/inside-the-world-of-vapers-the-subculture-that-might-save-smokers-lives/ |title=Inside the world of vapers, the subculture that might save smokers' lives|date=13 May 2013|last1=Couts|first1=Andrew|publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Park |first1=Andy|date=26 August 2013 |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/06/18/feed-subculture-around-e-cigarettes|title=The Feed: The subculture around e-cigarettes|publisher=]}}</ref> Members often see e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking,<ref name=Hajek2014>{{cite journal|last1=Hajek|first1=P|last2=Etter|first2=JF|last3=Benowitz|first3=N|last4=Eissenberg|first4=T|last5=McRobbie|first5=H|title=Electronic cigarettes: review of use, content, safety, effects on smokers and potential for harm and benefit|journal=Addiction|date=31 July 2014|volume=109|issue=11|pages=1801–1810 |doi=10.1111/add.12659|pmc=4487785|pmid=25078252}}</ref> and some view it as a ].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Barbeau|first1=Amanda M|last2=Burda|first2=Jennifer|last3=Siegel|first3=Michael |title=Perceived efficacy of e-cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy among successful e-cigarette users: a qualitative approach|journal=Addiction Science & Clinical Practice|volume=8|issue=1 |year=2013|pages=5|issn=1940-0640|doi=10.1186/1940-0640-8-5|pmc=3599549|pmid=23497603 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The online forum E-Cig-Reviews.com was one of the first major communities.<ref name=Grothaus2014/> It and other online forums, such as UKVaper.org, were where the hobby of modding started.<ref name=Grothaus2014>{{cite news|title=Trading addictions: the inside story of the e-cig modding scene|author=Michael Grothaus|date=1 October 2014|work=Engadget|url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/10/01/inside-story-e-cig-modding-uk/}}</ref> There are also groups on ] and ].<ref name=Larson2014>{{cite news|author1=Eric Larson|title=Pimp My Vape: The Rise of E-Cigarette Hackers|url=http://mashable.com/2014/01/25/vaping-subculture/|publisher=Mashable|date=25 January 2014}}</ref> Online forums based around modding have grown in the vaping community.<ref name=Osberg2014>{{cite news|title=CVape life: welcome to the weird world of e-cig evangelists|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/25/5445662/vape-life-welcome-to-the-weird-world-of-e-cig-evangelists|work=]|author=Molly Osberg|date=25 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
Vapers embrace activities associated with e-cigarettes and sometimes evangelise for them.<ref name=Sanford2014>{{cite journal|author1=Sanford Z |author2=Goebel L|title=E-cigarettes: an up to date review and discussion of the controversy|journal=W V Med J|volume=110|issue=4|pages=10–5|year=2014|pmid=25322582}}</ref> E-cigarette companies have a substantial online presence, and there are many individual vapers who blog and tweet about e-cigarette related products.<ref name=McKee2014/> A 2014 '']'' editorial said vapers "also engage in grossly offensive online attacks on anyone who has the temerity to suggest that ENDS are anything other than an innovation that can save thousands of lives with no risks".<ref name=McKee2014>{{cite journal|last1=McKee |first1=M.|title=Electronic cigarettes: peering through the smokescreen|journal=Postgraduate Medical Journal|volume=90|issue=1069|year=2014|pages=607–609|issn=0032-5473|doi=10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-133029|pmid=25294933|doi-access=free|url=http://pmj.bmj.com/content/90/1069/607.full.pdf+html}}</ref> | |||
Contempt for ] is part of vaping culture.<ref name=Gara2014>{{cite news|title=Are E-Cigarettes Losing Ground in the Vapor Market?|author=Tom Gara|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=14 April 2014 |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/04/14/are-e-cigarettes-losing-ground-in-the-vapor-market/}}</ref><ref name=Sottile2014>{{cite news|last1=Sottile|first1=Leah|title=The Right to Vape |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/the-right-to-vape/381145/|work=The Atlantic |date=8 October 2014}}</ref> A 2014 review stated that tobacco and e-cigarette companies interact with consumers for their policy agenda.<ref name=Grana2014/> The companies use websites, social media, and marketing to get consumers involved in opposing bills that include e-cigarettes in smoke-free laws.<ref name=Grana2014/> This is similar to ] activity going back to the 1980s.<ref name=Grana2014/> These approaches were used in Europe to minimize the EU Tobacco Products Directive in October 2013.<ref name=Grana2014/> ] lobbying also influenced the Tobacco Products Directive decision.<ref name=JacobsRobinson2014>{{cite news|last1=Jacobs|first1=Emma|last2=Robinson |first2=Duncan|title=E-cigarettes: no smoke without fear |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed185b54-c5e0-11e3-a7d4-00144feabdc0.html|work=FT Magazine|date=17 April 2014}}</ref> Tobacco companies have worked with organizations conceived to promote e-cigarette use, and these organizations have worked to hamper legislation intended at restricting e-cigarette use.<ref name=Drummond2014/> | |||
].<ref>{{cite news|author=Gavin Haynes|date=22 April 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2015/apr/22/cloud-chasing-competitive-sport-blowing-vape-clouds|title=Daft vapers: the competitive world of e-cigarette smoking|work=The Guardian}}</ref> |alt=E-cigarette user blowing a large cloud of aerosol (vapor). This activity is known as cloud-chasing.]] | |||
Large gatherings of vapers, called vape meets, take place around the US.<ref name=Couts2013/> They focus on e-cigarette devices, accessories, and the lifestyle that accompanies them.<ref name=Couts2013/> Vapefest, which started in 2010, is an annual show hosted by different cities.<ref name=Larson2014/> People attending these meetings are usually enthusiasts that use specialized, community-made products not found in ]s or ].<ref name=Couts2013/> These products are mostly available online or in dedicated "vape" storefronts where mainstream e-cigarettes brands from the tobacco industry and larger e-cig manufacturers are not as popular.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaporizers-are-the-new-draw-in-e-cigarettes-1401378596|title='Vaporizers' Are the New Draw in E-Cigarettes|author=Mike Esterl|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=29 May 2014}}</ref> Some ]s have a vape bar where patrons can test out different e-liquids and socialize.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/generation-v-e-cigarettes-and-vape-bar-aims-to-convert/article_f79f2130-9466-11e3-b3d8-0017a43b2370.html|title=Generation V E-Cigarettes and Vape Bar aims to convert smokers to e-cigarettes|author=Staff|work=]|date=13 February 2014}}</ref> The Electronic Cigarette Convention in North America which started in 2013, is an annual show where companies and consumers meet up.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/business/20140904/vaping-convention-coming-to-ontario-convention-center-friday|title=Vaping convention coming to Ontario Convention Center Friday|author=Neil Nisperos|work=]|date=4 September 2014}}</ref> | |||
A subclass of vapers configure their atomizers to produce large amounts of vapor by using low-resistance heating coils.<ref name=Plass2014>{{cite news|url=http://vapenewsmagazine.com/february-2014/vapeview-the-cloud-chasers|title=The Cloud Chasers|author=Mary Plass|publisher=Vape News Magazine|date=29 January 2014}}</ref> This practice is called "]".<ref name=Mosbergenf2014>{{cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/05/cloud-chasing-vaping-competition_n_5652528.html|title=This Man Is An Athlete In The Sport Of 'Cloud Chasing'|author=Dominique Mosbergen|work=HuffPost|date=5 August 2014}}</ref> By using a coil with very low resistance, the batteries are stressed to a potentially unsafe extent.<ref name=Cooper2014/> This could present a risk of dangerous battery failures.<ref name=Cooper2014>{{cite news|title=What you need to know about vaporizers|url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/05/23/vaporizers-explainer/|work=Engadget|author=Sean Cooper|date=23 May 2014}}</ref> As vaping comes under increased scrutiny, some members of the vaping community have voiced their concerns about cloud-chasing, stating the practice gives vapers a bad reputation when doing it in public.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/veteran-e-cigarette-users-fret-cloud-chasers-give-them-bad-name-238978|title=Veteran E-Cigarette Users Fret 'Cloud Chasers' Give Them a Bad Name|author=Victoria Bekiempis|work=]|date=1 April 2015}}</ref> The Oxford Dictionaries' ] for 2014 was "vape".<ref name=Fallon2014>{{cite news|first1=Claire|last1=Fallon|title='Vape' Is Oxford Dictionaries' Word Of The Year|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/vape-word-of-year_n_6178102.html|work=HuffPost|date=19 November 2014}}</ref> | |||
=== Regulation === | |||
{{Main|Regulation of electronic cigarettes|List of vaping bans in the United States}} | |||
Regulation of e-cigarettes varies across countries and states, ranging from no regulation to ] them entirely.<ref name=Etter2011>{{cite journal|last1=Etter|first1=J. F.|last2=Bullen|first2=C.|last3=Flouris|first3=A. D.|last4=Laugesen|first4=M.|last5=Eissenberg|first5=T.|title=Electronic nicotine delivery systems: a research agenda|journal=Tobacco Control|date=May 2011|volume=20|issue=3|pages=243–8|doi=10.1136/tc.2010.042168|pmc=3215262|pmid=21415064}}</ref> For instance, e-cigarettes containing nicotine are illegal in Japan, forcing the market to use ]s for cigarette alternatives.<ref name=TabuchiGallus2018>{{cite journal|last1=Tabuchi|first1=Takahiro|last2=Gallus|first2=Silvano|last3=Shinozaki|first3=Tomohiro|last4=Nakaya|first4=Tomoki|last5=Kunugita|first5=Naoki|last6=Colwell|first6=Brian|title=Heat-not-burn tobacco product use in Japan: its prevalence, predictors and perceived symptoms from exposure to secondhand heat-not-burn tobacco aerosol|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=27|issue=e1|year=2018|pages=e25–e33|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053947|pmc=6073918|pmid=29248896}}</ref> Others have introduced strict restrictions and some have licensed devices as medicines such as in the UK.<ref name=BeardShahab2016/> However, {{as of|February 2018|lc=y}}, there is no e-cigarette device that has been given a medical license that is commercially sold or available by prescription in the UK.{{sfn|McNeill|2018|p=46}} {{As of|2015}}, around two thirds of major nations have regulated e-cigarettes in some way.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ecigintelligence.com/worlds-law-makers-favour-e-cig-regulation-based-on-tobacco/|title=World's law-makers favour basing e-cig rules on tobacco|author=Barnaby Page|work=ECigIntelligence|publisher=Tamarind Media Limited|date=5 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
Because of the potential relationship with tobacco laws and medical drug policies, e-cigarette legislation is being debated in many countries.<ref name=KimKabir2016>{{cite journal|last1=Kim|first1=Ki-Hyun|last2=Kabir|first2=Ehsanul|last3=Jahan|first3=Shamin Ara|title=Review of electronic cigarettes as tobacco cigarette substitutes: their potential human health impact|journal=Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C|volume=34|issue=4|year=2016|pages=262–275|issn=1059-0501|doi=10.1080/10590501.2016.1236604|pmid=27635466|bibcode=2016JESHC..34..262K |s2cid=42660975}}</ref> The companies that make e-cigarettes have been pushing for laws that support their interests.<ref name=LempertGrana2016>{{cite journal|last1=Lempert|first1=Lauren K|last2=Grana|first2=Rachel|last3=Glantz|first3=Stanton A|title=The importance of product definitions in US e-cigarette laws and regulations|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=25|issue=e1|year=2016|pages=e44–e51|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051913|pmc=4466213|pmid=25512432}}</ref> In 2016 the ] banned the use of e-cigarettes on commercial flights.<ref name=Airflight2016/> This regulation applies to all flights to and from the US.<ref name=Airflight2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-explicitly-bans-use-electronic-cigarettes-commercial|title=U.S. Department of Transportation Explicitly Bans the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Commercial Flights|publisher=]|date=2 March 2016}}</ref> In 2018, the Royal College of Physicians asked that a balance is found in regulations over e-cigarettes that ensure product safety while encouraging smokers to use them instead of tobacco, as well as keep an eye on any effects contrary to the control agencies for tobacco.<ref name=RCP2018>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/what-rcp-thinks-about-tobacco|title=What the RCP thinks about tobacco|location=UK|publisher=Royal College of Physicians|pages=1–2|date=1 February 2018}}</ref> | |||
The ] is currently pending in many countries.<ref name=Grana2014/> Many countries such as Brazil, Singapore, Uruguay,<ref name=BeardShahab2016>{{cite journal|last1=Beard|first1=Emma|last2=Shahab|first2=Lion|last3=Cummings|first3=Damian M.|last4=Michie|first4=Susan|last5=West|first5=Robert|title=New Pharmacological Agents to Aid Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Harm Reduction: What Has Been Investigated, and What Is in the Pipeline?|journal=CNS Drugs|volume=30|issue=10|pages=951–83|year=2016|issn=1172-7047|doi=10.1007/s40263-016-0362-3|pmid=27421270|s2cid=40411008|url=http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1498793/1/Beard%20et%20al%202016%20%20New%20Pharmacological%20Agents%20to%20Aid%20Smoking%20Cessation%20and%20Tobacco%20Harm%20Reduction.pdf}}</ref> and India have banned e-cigarettes.<ref name=Robertson2019>{{cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20872967/india-e-cigarette-vaping-ban-epidemic-health-risks|title=India bans e-cigarette sales and says there's an 'epidemic' of kids vaping|last1=Robertson|first1=Adi|work=The Verge|date=18 September 2019}}</ref> Canada-wide in 2014, they were technically illegal to sell, as no nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are not regulated by ], but this is generally unenforced and they are commonly available for sale Canada-wide.<ref name=Sienuic2014>{{cite news|last1=Sienuic|first1=Kat|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/health-officials-set-rules-but-decisions-belong-to-each-person/article20809598/|title=Public health officers tackle hazy issue of e-cigarettes|work=]|date=29 September 2014}}</ref> In 2016, Health Canada announced plans to regulate vaping products.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/vaping-health-canada-legislation-1.3862589|title=Vaping, e-cigarettes to be regulated by Health Canada|publisher=]|date=22 November 2016}}</ref> In the US and the UK, the use and sale to adults of e-cigarettes are legal.<ref name=Kadowaki2015>{{cite journal|last1=Kadowaki|first1=Joy|last2=Vuolo|first2=Mike|last3=Kelly|first3=Brian C.|title=A review of the current geographic distribution of and debate surrounding electronic cigarette clean air regulations in the United States|journal=Health & Place|volume=31|year=2015|pages=75–82|issn=1353-8292|doi=10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.11.003|pmc=4305454|pmid=25463920}}</ref>{{rp|US}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25900542|title=E-cigarettes to be stubbed out for under-18s|date=26 January 2014|work=]}}</ref>{{rp|UK}} The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive came into effect in May 2016, providing stricter regulations for e-cigarettes.<ref name=BI2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-european-court-tougher-rules-on-electronic-cigarettes-2016-5|title=European court: Tougher rules on electronic cigarettes|work=]|agency=Associated Press|date=4 May 2016|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602164019/https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-european-court-tougher-rules-on-electronic-cigarettes-2016-5|url-status=dead}}</ref> It limits e-cigarette advertising in print, on television and radio, along with reducing the level of nicotine in liquids and reducing the flavors used.<ref name=Washtell2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.cityam.com/240410/eu-tobacco-products-directive-chokes-off-the-uks-e-cigarette-and-vaping-market-|title=EU Tobacco Products Directive chokes off the UK's e-cigarette and vaping market|author=Francesca Washtell|work=City A.M.|date=5 May 2016}}</ref> It does not ban vaping in public places.<ref name=ZainolAbidinZainalAbidin2017>{{cite journal|last1=Zainol Abidin|first1=Najihah|last2=Zainal Abidin|first2=Emilia|last3=Zulkifli|first3=Aziemah|last4=Karuppiah|first4=Karmegam|last5=Syed Ismail|first5=Sharifah Norkhadijah|last6=Amer Nordin|first6=Amer Siddiq|title=Electronic cigarettes and indoor air quality: a review of studies using human volunteers|journal=Reviews on Environmental Health|volume=32|issue=3|pages=235–244|year=2017|issn=2191-0308|doi=10.1515/reveh-2016-0059|pmid=28107173|s2cid=6885414|url=http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61699/1/Electronic%20cigarettes%20and%20indoor%20air%20quality.pdf}}</ref> It requires the purchaser for e-cigarettes to be at least 18 and does not permit buying them for anyone less than 18 years of age.{{sfn|McNeill|2018|p=39}} The updated Tobacco Products Directive has been disputed by ] whose businesses could be impacted by these revisions.<ref name=Euronews2013>{{cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2013/07/10/new-tobacco-products-directive-adopted-regulations-on-e-cigarettes-announced|title=Anger over tobacco lobbyists as Europe nears new rules on e-cigarettes|author=Ashitha Nagesh|publisher=]|date=10 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
As of 8 August 2016, the US FDA extended its regulatory power to include e-cigarettes, e-liquid and all related products.<ref name=FDA-August-2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/tobaccoproducts/labeling/rulesregulationsguidance/ucm394909.htm|title=FDA's New Regulations for E-Cigarettes, Cigars, and All Other Tobacco Products|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|date=17 August 2017}}</ref> Under this ruling the FDA will evaluate certain issues, including ingredients, product features and health risks, as well their appeal to minors and non-users.<ref name=FDATobaccoRule2017/> The FDA rule also bans access to minors.<ref name=FDATobaccoRule2017/> A photo ID is now required to buy e-cigarettes,<ref name=FDARetailer2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Retail/ucm205021.htm|title=Summary of Federal Rules for Tobacco Retailers|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|date=23 August 2017}}</ref> and their sale in all-ages vending machines is not permitted in the US.<ref name=FDATobaccoRule2017>{{cite web|title=The Facts on the FDA's New Tobacco Rule|url=https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm506676.htm|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|date=2 May 2017}}</ref> As of August 2017, regulatory compliance deadlines relating to premarket review requirements for most e-cigarette and e-liquid products have been extended from November 2017 to 8 August 2022,<ref name=FDA-2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/ucm557714.htm|title=Extension of Certain Tobacco Product Compliance Deadlines Related to the Final Deeming Rule (Revised)|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=FDAAugust2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/downloads/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/UCM557716.pdf|title=Guidance: Extension of Certain Tobacco Product Compliance Deadlines Related to the Final Deeming Rule (Revised*)|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|date=August 2017}}</ref> which attracted a lawsuit filed by the American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, the ], and other plaintiffs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dddmag.com/news/2018/03/lawsuit-challenges-fda-delay-e-cigarette-review|title=Lawsuit Challenges FDA Delay of E-cigarette Review|last1=Perrone|first1=Matthew|publisher=]|agency=Associated Press|date=28 March 2018}}</ref> | |||
In May 2016, the US FDA used its authority under the ] to deem e-cigarette devices and e-liquids to be tobacco products, which meant it intended to regulate the marketing, labelling, and manufacture of devices and liquids; vape shops that mix e-liquids or make or modify devices were considered manufacturing sites that needed to register with US FDA and comply with ] regulation.<ref name=FDA2016/> E-cigarette and tobacco companies have recruited lobbyists in an effort to prevent the US FDA from evaluating e-cigarette products or banning existing products already on the market.<ref name=Lipton2016>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/us/politics/e-cigarettes-vaping-cigars-fda-altria.html?module=Promotron®ion=Body&action=click&pgtype=article|title=A Lobbyist Wrote the Bill. Will the Tobacco Industry Win Its E-Cigarette Fight?|author=Eric Lipton|work=The New York Times|date=2 September 2016}}</ref> | |||
In February 2014, the ] passed regulations requiring standardization and quality control for liquids and vaporizers, disclosure of ingredients in liquids, and child-proofing and tamper-proofing for liquid packaging.<ref name=EURegs2014>{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-134_en.htm|title=Questions & Answers: New rules for tobacco products|publisher=European Commission|date=26 February 2014}}</ref> In April 2014 the US FDA published proposed regulations for e-cigarettes.<ref name="FDA2014">{{cite journal|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/04/25/2014-09491/deeming-tobacco-products-to-be-subject-to-the-federal-food-drug-and-cosmetic-act-as-amended-by-the|title=Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Regulations on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning Statements for Tobacco Products|journal=Federal Register|publisher=United States Food and Drug Administration|volume=79|issue=80|pages=23142–23207|date=25 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=Tavernise2014>{{cite news|url=https://nytimes.com/2014/04/24/health/fda-will-propose-new-regulations-for-e-cigarettes.html|title=F.D.A. Will Propose New Regulations for E-Cigarettes|author=Sabrina Tavernise|work=The New York Times|date=24 April 2014}}</ref> In the US some states ], and some state and regional governments have broadened their indoor smoking bans to include e-cigarettes.<ref name=Crowley2015>{{cite journal|last1=Crowley|first1=Ryan A.|title=Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: Executive Summary of a Policy Position Paper From the American College of Physicians |journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|volume=162|issue=8|year=2015|pages=583–4|issn=0003-4819|doi=10.7326/M14-2481|pmid=25894027|doi-access=free}}</ref> {{As of|April 2017}}, 12 US states and 615 localities had prohibited the use of e-cigarettes in venues in which traditional cigarette smoking was prohibited.<ref name=GlantzBareham2018/> In 2015, at least 48 states and 2 territories had banned e-cigarette sales to minors.<ref name=NCSL2017>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/alternative-nicotine-products-e-cigarettes.aspx|title=Alternative Nicotine Products – Electronic Cigarettes|publisher=]|date=3 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
In November 2020, the New Zealand government passed a vaping regulation that requires vape stores to register as specialist vape retailers before they can sell e-cigarettes, the wider range of flavoured e-liquids, and other related vaping products. Vaping products are required to be notified by the government before they can be sold to ensure that the products are following safety requirements and ingredients in liquids do not contain prohibited substances.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaping Law FAQ - Vaping Regulations Explained {{!}} Shosha NZ|url=https://www.shosha.co.nz/vaping-law|access-date=25 June 2021|website=www.shosha.co.nz|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625045235/https://www.shosha.co.nz/vaping-law|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
E-cigarettes containing nicotine have been listed as drug delivery devices in a number of countries, and the marketing of such products has been restricted or put on hold until safety and efficacy clinical trials are conclusive.<ref name=Cervellin2013>{{cite journal|last1=Cervellin|first1=Gianfranco|last2=Borghi|first2=Loris|last3=Mattiuzzi|first3=Camilla|last4=Meschi|first4=Tiziana|last5=Favaloro|first5=Emmanuel|last6=Lippi |first6=Giuseppe|title=E-Cigarettes and Cardiovascular Risk: Beyond Science and Mysticism|journal=Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis|volume=40|issue=1|year=2013|pages=060–065|issn=0094-6176|doi=10.1055/s-0033-1363468 |pmid=24343348|doi-access=free}}</ref> Since they do not contain tobacco, television advertising in the US is not restricted.<ref name=MaloneyCappella2015>{{cite journal|last1=Maloney|first1=Erin K.|last2=Cappella |first2=Joseph N.|title=Does Vaping in E-Cigarette Advertisements Affect Tobacco Smoking Urge, Intentions, and Perceptions in Daily, Intermittent, and Former Smokers?|journal=Health Communication|year=2015|volume=31 |issue=1|pages=1–10|issn=1041-0236|doi=10.1080/10410236.2014.993496|pmid=25758192|s2cid=31328176}}</ref> Some countries have regulated e-cigarettes as a ] even though they have not approved them as a smoking cessation aid.<ref name="Bekki2014">{{cite journal|last1=Bekki|first1=Kanae|last2=Uchiyama|first2=Shigehisa|last3=Ohta|first3=Kazushi|last4=Inaba|first4=Yohei|last5=Nakagome|first5=Hideki|last6=Kunugita |first6=Naoki|title=Carbonyl Compounds Generated from Electronic Cigarettes|journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|volume=11|issue=11|year=2014|pages=11192–11200|issn=1660-4601 |doi=10.3390/ijerph111111192|pmc=4245608|pmid=25353061|doi-access=free}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/11/11192/htm|author(s)=Kanae Bekki, Shigehisa Uchiyama, Kazushi Ohta, Yohei Inaba, Hideki Nakagome and Naoki Kunugita}}</ref> A 2014 review stated the emerging phenomenon of e-cigarettes has raised concerns in the health community, governments, and the general public and recommended that e-cigarettes should be regulated to protect consumers.<ref name=Saitta2014/> It added, "heavy regulation by restricting access to e-cigarettes would just encourage continuing use of much unhealthier tobacco smoking."<ref name=Saitta2014/> A 2014 review said regulation of the e-cigarette should be considered on the basis of reported adverse health effects.<ref name=Bekki2014/> | |||
===Criticism of vaping bans=== | |||
Critics of vaping bans state that vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking tobacco products and that vaping bans incentivize people to return to smoking cigarettes.<ref name="reason.com">{{Cite web |title=California Is Forcing Smokers To Buy More Dangerous Products |url=https://reason.com/2022/05/06/californias-is-forcing-smokers-to-buy-more-dangerous-products/|date=6 May 2022}}</ref> For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vaping 95% less harmful than smoking |url=https://www.gmjournal.co.uk/vaping-95-less-harmful-than-smoking#:~:text=E%2Dcigarettes%20are%2095%25%20safer,help%20people%20give%20up%20smoking.|date=August 2015}}</ref> Additionally, San Francisco's chief economist, Ted Egan, when discussing the San Francisco vaping ban stated the city's ban on e-cigarette sales will increase smoking as vapers switch to combustible cigarettes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco's Top Economist Confirms Vape Ban Means More Smoking |url=https://reason.com/2019/07/15/san-franciscos-top-economist-confirms-vape-ban-means-more-smoking/|date=15 July 2019}}</ref> Critics of smoking bans stress the absurdity of criminalizing the sale of a safer alternative to tobacco while tobacco continues to be legal. Prominent proponents of smoking bans are not in favor of criminalizing tobacco either, but rather allowing consumers to have the choice to choose whatever products they desire.<ref name="reason.com"/> | |||
In 2022, after two years of review, the ] (FDA) denied ] application to keep its tobacco and menthol flavored vaping products on the market.<ref>{{Cite news |title=FDA to Order Juul E-Cigarettes Off U.S. Market |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-to-order-juul-e-cigarettes-off-u-s-market-11655904689|date=22 June 2022|last1=Maloney |first1=Jennifer }}</ref> Critics of this denial note that research published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research found that smokers who transitioned to Juuls in North America were significantly more likely to switch to vaping than those in the United Kingdom who only had access to lower-strength nicotine products.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Differences in Switching Away From Smoking Among Adult Smokers Using JUUL Products in Regions With Different Maximum Nicotine Concentrations: North America and the United Kingdom |url=https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article/23/11/1821/6276234?login=false|date=18 May 2021}}</ref> This happens as the Biden administration seeks to mandate low-nicotine cigarettes which, critics note, is not what makes cigarettes dangerous.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandating Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Could Make Smoking More Dangerous|url=https://reason.com/2022/06/22/mandating-low-nicotine-cigarettes-could-make-smoking-more-dangerous/|date=22 June 2022}}</ref> They also note that vaping does not contain many of the components that make smoking dangerous such as the combustion process and certain chemicals that are present in cigarettes that are not present in vape products. | |||
=== Product liability === | |||
Multiple reports from the ] conclude that electronic cigarettes have been combusting and injuring people and surrounding areas.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |url=https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/electronic_cigarettes.pdf |title=Electronic Cigarette Fires and Explosions in the United States 2009-2016}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |url=https://www.icao.int/safety/dangerousgoods/dgpwg15/dgpwg.15.ip.004.2.en.app.pdf|title=E-Cigarette Fire Risks and Reported Incidents}}</ref> The composition of a cigarette is the cause of this, as the cartridges that are meant to contain the liquid mixture are in such close proximity to the battery.<ref name=Bhatnagar2014/> A research report by the ] supports this, stating that, "Unlike mobile phones, some e-cigarette lithium-ion batteries within e-cigarettes offer no protection to stop the coil overheating".<ref name=":02" /> | |||
In 2015, the ] noted in their report that electronic cigarettes are not created by ] or other tobacco companies, but by independent factories that have little quality control.<ref name=":02" /> Because of this low quality control when made, electronic cigarettes have led to incidents in which people are hurt, or in which the surrounding area is damaged.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":12" /> | |||
=== Marketing === | |||
{{Main|Electronic cigarette and e-cigarette liquid marketing}} | |||
They are marketed to men, women, and children as being safer than traditional cigarettes.<ref name=CrottyVyas2015>{{cite journal|last1=Crotty LE|first1=Alexander|last2=Vyas|first2=A |last3=Schraufnagel|first3=DE |last4=Malhotra|first4=A|title=Electronic cigarettes: the new face of nicotine delivery and addiction|journal=Journal of Thoracic Disease|volume=7|issue=8|year=2015 |pages=E248–E251|doi=10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.07.37 |pmc=4561260|pmid=26380791}}</ref> They are also marketed to non-smokers.<ref name=CaiWang2017/> E-cigarette marketing is common.<ref name=HSF2014/> There are growing concerns that e-cigarette ]s unjustifiably focus on young adults, adolescents, and women.<ref name=SmithBrar2016/> ] companies have greatly increased their marketing efforts.<ref name=Drummond2014/> This marketing trend may expand the use of e-cigarettes and contribute to re-glamorizing smoking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.cancer.org.au/policy/Position_statement_-_Electronic_cigarettes#Key_health_concerns |title=Position Statement Electronic Cigarettes|publisher=Cancer Council Australia; National Heart Foundation of Australia|year=2014}}</ref> Some companies may use e-cigarette advertising to advocate smoking, deliberately, or inadvertently, is an area of concern.<ref name=RinkooKaur2017>{{cite journal|last1=Rinkoo|first1=ArvindVashishta |last2=Kaur|first2=Jagdish|title=Getting real with the upcoming challenge of electronic nicotine delivery systems: The way forward for the South-East Asia region|journal=Indian Journal of Public Health|volume=61|issue=5 |year=2017|pages=S7–S11|issn=0019-557X|doi=10.4103/ijph.IJPH_240_17|pmid=28928312|doi-access=free}}</ref> A 2014 review said, "the e-cigarette companies have been rapidly expanding using aggressive marketing messages similar to those used to ]."<ref name=Grana2014/> | |||
E-cigarette companies are using methods that were once used by the tobacco industry to persuade young people to start using cigarettes.<ref name=McCauslandMaycock2017/> E-cigarettes are promoted to a certain extent to forge a vaping culture that entices non-smokers.<ref name=McCauslandMaycock2017/> Themes in e-cigarette marketing, including sexual content and customer satisfaction, are parallel to themes and techniques that are appealing to young people and young adults in traditional cigarette advertising and promotion.<ref name=SGUSReport2016/> A 2017 review found "The tobacco industry sees a future where ENDS accompany and perpetuate, rather than supplant, tobacco use, especially targeting the youth."<ref name=RinkooKaur2017/> E-cigarettes and nicotine are regularly promoted as safe and even healthy in the media and on brand websites, which is an area of concern.<ref name=England2015/> | |||
While ] products is banned in most countries, television and radio e-cigarette advertising in several countries may be indirectly encouraging traditional ].<ref name=Grana2014/> E-cigarette advertisements are also in magazines, newspapers, online, and in retail stores.{{sfn|Chapman|2015|p=7}} Between 2010 and 2014, e-cigarettes were second only to cigarettes as the top advertised product in magazines.<ref name=CollinsGlasser2018>{{cite journal|last1=Collins|first1=Lauren|last2=Glasser|first2=Allison M|last3=Abudayyeh|first3=Haneen |last4=Pearson|first4=Jennifer L|last5=Villanti |first5=Andrea C|title=E-Cigarette Marketing and Communication: How E-Cigarette Companies Market E-Cigarettes and the Public Engages with E-cigarette Information|journal=Nicotine & Tobacco Research|volume=21|issue=1|pages=14–24|year=2018|issn=1462-2203 |doi=10.1093/ntr/ntx284|pmc=6610165|pmid=29315420}}</ref> As cigarette companies have acquired the largest e-cigarette brands, they currently benefit from a dual market of smokers and e-cigarette users while simultaneously presenting themselves as agents of harm reduction.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> This raises concerns about the appropriateness of endorsing a product that directly profits the tobacco industry.<ref name=FranckFilion2016/> There is no evidence that the cigarette brands are selling e-cigarettes as part of a plan to phase out traditional cigarettes, despite some stating to want to cooperate in "harm reduction".<ref name=Grana2014/> E-cigarette advertising for using e-cigarettes as a quitting tool have been seen in the US, UK, and China, which have not been supported by regulatory bodies.<ref name="Kalkhoran2016">{{cite journal |last1=Kalkhoran|first1=Sara|last2=Glantz|first2=Stanton A|year=2016|title=E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis|journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine|volume=4|issue=2|pages=116–128 |doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00521-4|issn=2213-2600|pmc=4752870|pmid=26776875}}</ref> | |||
In the US, six large e-cigarette businesses spent $59.3 million on promoting e-cigarettes in 2013.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wasowicz|first1=Adam|last2=Feleszko|first2=Wojciech|last3=Goniewicz|first3=Maciej L|title=E-Cigarette use among children and young people: the need for regulation|journal=Expert Rev Respir Med |volume=9|issue=5|pages=1–3|year=2015|doi=10.1586/17476348.2015.1077120|pmid=26290119|s2cid=207206915|doi-access=free}}</ref> In the US and Canada, over $2 million is spent yearly on promoting e-cigarettes online.<ref name=McCauslandMaycock2017>{{cite journal|last1=McCausland|first1=Kahlia|last2=Maycock|first2=Bruce |last3=Jancey|first3=Jonine|title=The messages presented in online electronic cigarette promotions and discussions: a scoping review protocol|journal=BMJ Open|volume=7|issue=11|year=2017|pages=e018633 |issn=2044-6055|doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018633|pmc=5695349|pmid=29122804}}</ref> E-cigarette websites often made unscientific health statements in 2012.<ref name=GranaLing2014>{{cite journal |last1=Grana|first1=Rachel A.|last2=Ling|first2=Pamela M.|title="Smoking revolution": a content analysis of electronic cigarette retail websites|journal=Am J Prev Med|volume=46 |issue=4|pages=395–403 |year=2014|doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2013.12.010|pmc=3989286|pmid=24650842}}</ref> The ease to get past the ] system at e-cigarette company websites allows underage individuals to access and be exposed to marketing.<ref name=GranaLing2014/> Around half of e-cigarette company websites have a minimum age notice that prohibited underage individuals from entering.<ref name=CaiWang2017/> | |||
] are used to encourage e-cigarette use.{{sfn|Bauld|2014|p=11}} A 2012 national US television advertising campaign for e-cigarettes starred ] exhaling a "thick flume" of what the advertisement describes as "vapor, not tobacco smoke", exhorting smokers with the message "We are all adults here, it's time to take our freedom back."<ref name=Nasaw2012/> Opponents of the tobacco industry state that the Blu advertisement, in a context of longstanding prohibition of tobacco advertising on television, seems to have resorted to advertising tactics that got former generations of people in the US addicted to traditional cigarettes.<ref name=Nasaw2012/> Cynthia Hallett of Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights described the US advertising campaign as attempting to "re-establish a norm that smoking is okay, that smoking is glamorous and acceptable".<ref name=Nasaw2012/> | |||
University of Pennsylvania communications professor Joseph Cappella stated that the setting of the advertisement near an ocean was meant to suggest an association of clean air with the nicotine product.<ref name=Nasaw2012>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20583902|title=Electronic cigarettes challenge anti-smoking efforts|work=BBC News|author=Daniel Nasaw|date=5 December 2012}}</ref> In 2012 and 2013, e-cigarette companies advertised to a large television audience in the US which included 24 million young people.<ref name=Duke2014>{{cite journal|last1=Duke|first1=J. C.|last2=Lee|first2=Y. O.|last3=Kim|first3=A. E. |last4=Watson|first4=K. A.|last5=Arnold|first5=K. Y.|last6=Nonnemaker|first6=J. M.|last7=Porter|first7=L.|title=Exposure to Electronic Cigarette Television Advertisements Among Youth and Young Adults|journal=Pediatrics |volume=134|issue=1|year=2014|pages=e29–e36|doi=10.1542/peds.2014-0269|pmid=24918224|doi-access=free}}</ref> The channels to which e-cigarette advertising reached the largest numbers of young people (ages 12–17) were AMC, Country Music Television, Comedy Central, WGN America, TV Land, and VH1.<ref name=Duke2014/> | |||
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Since at least 2007, e-cigarettes have been heavily promoted across media outlets globally.<ref name=ChatterjeeAlzghoul2016/> They are vigorously advertised, mostly through the Internet, as a safe substitute to traditional cigarettes, among other things.<ref name=Rom2014/> E-cigarette companies promote their e-cigarette products on ], ],{{sfn|Chapman|2015|p=7}} ], and ].<ref name=Payne2016>{{cite journal|last1=Payne|first1=JD|last2=Orellana-Barrios|first2=M|last3=Medrano-Juarez|first3=R|last4=Buscemi|first4=D|last5=Nugent|first5=K|title=Electronic cigarettes in the media.|journal=Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent).|volume=29|issue=3|pages=280–3|year=2016|doi=10.1080/08998280.2016.11929436|pmc=4900769|pmid=27365871}}</ref> They are promoted on YouTube by movies with sexual material and music icons, who encourage minors to "take their freedom back."<ref name=RinkooKaur2017/> They have partnered with a number of sports and music icons to promote their products.<ref name=Bryan2014>{{cite book|last1=Bryan|first1=Christiansen|title=Handbook of Research on Global Business Opportunities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyKXBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA411|date=31 October 2014|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-4666-6552-1|pages=411–}}</ref> Tobacco companies intensely market e-cigarettes to young people,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004030055/https://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/e-cigarettes-and-lung-health.html|url=https://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/e-cigarettes-and-lung-health.html|archive-date=4 October 2015|publisher=American Lung Association|year=2015|title=E-cigarettes and Lung Health}}</ref> with industry strategies including cartoon characters and candy flavors.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204074154/http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/myths-and-facts-about-e-cigs.html|url=http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/myths-and-facts-about-e-cigs.html|archive-date=4 December 2015|publisher=American Lung Association|year=2015|title=Myths and Facts About E-cigarettes}}</ref> Fruit flavored e-liquid is the most commonly marketed e-liquid flavor on social media.<ref name=Liang2015>{{cite conference|last1=Liang|first1=Yunji|last2=Zheng|first2=Xiaolong|last3=Dajun Zheng|first3=Daniel|last4=Zhou|first4=Xingshe|editor1-first=Xiaolong|editor1-last=Zheng|editor2-first=Daniel|editor2-last=Dajun Zeng|editor3-first=Hsinchun|editor3-last=Chen|editor4-first=Scott J.|editor4-last=Leischow|title=Impact of Flavor on Electronic Cigarette Marketing in Social Media|conference=Smart Health: International Conference, ICSH 2015|location=Phoenix, AZ, USA|date=22 January 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cM5yCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA279|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-29175-8|page=283}}</ref> | |||
E-cigarette companies commonly promote that their products contain only water, nicotine, glycerin, propylene glycol, and flavoring but this assertion is misleading as researchers have found differing amounts of heavy metals in the vapor, including chromium, nickel, tin, silver, cadmium, mercury, and aluminum.<ref name=Hildick-SmithPesko2015>{{cite journal|last1=Hildick-Smith|first1=Gordon J.|last2=Pesko|first2=Michael F.|last3=Shearer|first3=Lee|last4=Hughes|first4=Jenna M.|last5=Chang |first5=Jane|last6=Loughlin|first6=Gerald M.|last7=Ipp|first7=Lisa S.|title=A Practitioner's Guide to Electronic Cigarettes in the Adolescent Population|journal=Journal of Adolescent Health|volume=57|issue=6|pages=574–579 |year=2015|issn=1054-139X|doi=10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.07.020|pmid=26422289|doi-access=free}}</ref> The widespread assertion that e-cigarettes emit "only water vapor" is not true because the evidence demonstrates e-cigarette vapor contains possibly harmful chemicals such as nicotine, carbonyls, metals, and ]s, in addition to particulate matter.<ref name="FernándezBallbè2015"/> Massive advertising included the assertion that they would present little risk to non-users.<ref name=HeydariAhmady2017/> However, "disadvantages and side effects have been reported in many articles, and the unfavorable effects of its secondhand vapor have been demonstrated in many studies",<ref name=HeydariAhmady2017>{{cite journal|last1=Heydari|first1=Gholamreza|last2=Ahmady|first2=ArezooEbn|last3=Chamyani|first3=Fahimeh|last4=Masjedi|first4=Mohammadreza|last5=Fadaizadeh |first5=Lida|title=Electronic cigarette, effective or harmful for quitting smoking and respiratory health: A quantitative review papers|journal=Lung India|volume=34|issue=1|year=2017|pages=25–28|issn=0970-2113 |doi=10.4103/0970-2113.197119|pmc=5234193|pmid=28144056 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and evidence indicates that use of e-cigarettes degrades ].<ref name=":1"/> | |||
Many e-cigarette companies market their products as a smoking cessation aid without evidence of effectiveness.<ref name=SchivoAvdalovic2014>{{cite journal|last1=Schivo|first1=Michael|last2=Avdalovic|first2=Mark V.|last3=Murin|first3=Susan|title=Non-Cigarette Tobacco and the Lung |journal=Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology|volume=46|issue=1|date=February 2014|pages=34–53|issn=1080-0549|doi=10.1007/s12016-013-8372-0|pmid=23673789|s2cid=23626872}}</ref> E-cigarette marketing has been found to make unsubstantiated health statements (e.g., that they help one quit smoking) including statements about improving psychiatric symptoms, which may be particularly appealing to smokers with mental illness.<ref name=HefnerValentine2017/> E-cigarette marketing advocate weight control and emphasize use of nicotine with many flavors.<ref name=VerhaegenVanGaal2017/> These marketing angles could particularly entice overweight people, young people, and vulnerable groups.<ref name=VerhaegenVanGaal2017>{{cite journal|last1=Verhaegen|first1=A.|last2=Van Gaal|first2=L.|title=Do E-cigarettes induce weight changes and increase cardiometabolic risk? A signal for the future|journal=Obesity Reviews|volume=18|issue=10|pages=1136–1146|year=2017|issn=1467-7881|doi=10.1111/obr.12568|pmid=28660671|s2cid=29298086}}</ref> Some e-cigarette companies state that their products are ] without supporting evidence which may be purely to increase their sales.<ref name=KimKabir2016/> | |||
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The number of e-cigarettes sold increased every year from 2003 to 2014.<ref name=Bhatnagar2014/> In 2015 a slowdown in the growth in usage occurred in the US.<ref name=Mickle2015>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/e-cig-sales-rapidly-lose-steam-1447798921|title=E-Cigarette Sales Rapidly Lose Steam|last1=Mickle|first1=Tripp|date=17 November 2015|work=]}}</ref> As of January 2018, the growth in usage in the UK has slowed down since 2013.<ref name="West2018">{{cite web|last1=West|first1=Robert|last2=Beard|first2=Emma|last3=Brown|first3=Jamie|date=9 January 2018|title=Electronic cigarettes in England - latest trends (STS140122)|url=http://www.smokinginengland.info/latest-statistics/|publisher=Smoking in England|page=28|access-date=6 December 2015|archive-date=18 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218144711/http://www.smokinginengland.info/latest-statistics/|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2014}}, there were at least 466 e-cigarette brands.<ref name=Born2015>{{cite journal|last1=Born|first1=H.|last2=Persky|first2=M.|last3=Kraus|first3=D. H.|last4=Peng|first4=R.|last5=Amin|first5=M. R.|last6=Branski|first6=R. C.|title=Electronic Cigarettes: A Primer for Clinicians|journal=Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery|year=2015|volume=153|issue=1|pages=5–14|issn=0194-5998|doi=10.1177/0194599815585752|pmid=26002957|s2cid=10199442}}</ref> Worldwide e-cigarette sales in 2014 were around US$7 billion.<ref name=Evans2015>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/e-cigarette-makers-face-rise-of-counterfeits-1424441348|title=E-Cigarette Makers Face Rise of Counterfeits|author=Peter Evans|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=20 February 2015}}</ref> Worldwide e-cigarette sales in 2019 were about $19.3 billion.<ref name=Janes2019>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44295336|title=Vaping: How popular are e-cigarettes? - Spending on e-cigarettes is growing|last1=Jones|first1=Lora|work=BBC News|date=15 September 2019}}</ref> E-cigarette sales could exceed traditional cigarette sales by 2023.<ref name=ChunMoazed2017>{{cite journal|last1=Chun|first1=Lauren F|last2=Moazed|first2=Farzad|last3=Calfee|first3=Carolyn S|author-link3=Carolyn Calfee|last4=Matthay|first4=Michael A.|last5=Gotts|first5=Jeffrey Earl|title=Pulmonary Toxicity of E-cigarettes|journal=American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology|volume=313|issue=2|year=2017|pages=L193–L206|issn=1040-0605|doi=10.1152/ajplung.00071.2017|pmc=5582932|pmid=28522559}}</ref> Approximately 30–50% of total e-cigarettes sales are handled on the internet.<ref name=Rom2014>{{cite journal|last1=Rom|first1=Oren|last2=Pecorelli|first2=Alessandra|last3=Valacchi|first3=Giuseppe|last4=Reznick|first4=Abraham Z.|year=2014|title=Are E-cigarettes a safe and good alternative to cigarette smoking?|journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|volume=1340|issue=1|pages=65–74|bibcode=2015NYASA1340...65R|doi=10.1111/nyas.12609 |issn=0077-8923|pmid=25557889|s2cid=26187171}}</ref> Established tobacco companies have a significant share of the e-cigarette market.<ref name=Schraufnagel2015/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/23/health/e-cigarettes-smoking-addiction-nicotine/index.html|title=E-cigarettes: Helping smokers quit, or fueling a new addiction?|author=Meera Senthilingam|publisher=CNN|date=23 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
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{{As of|2018}}, 95% of e-cigarette devices were made in China,<ref name=JenssenBoykan2019>{{cite journal|last1=Jenssen|first1=Brian P.|last2=Boykan|first2=Rachel|title=Electronic Cigarettes and Youth in the United States: A Call to Action (at the Local, National and Global Levels)|journal=Children|volume=6|issue=2|year=2019|pages=30|issn=2227-9067|doi=10.3390/children6020030|pmc=6406299|pmid=30791645|doi-access=free}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4 |url=https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/6/2/30/htm|author(s)=Brian P. Jenssen and Rachel Boykan}}</ref> mainly in ].<ref name=Jourdan2014>{{cite news|last1=Jourdan|first1=Adam|title="Vaping" a slow burner in China, world's maker of e-cigarettes|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-smoking-idUSBREA0E1JX20140115|work=Reuters|date=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=Liao2015>{{cite news|last1=Liao|first1=Allen|title=Chinese E-cigarette Makers Shift to Domestic Markets|url=http://www.tobaccoasia.com/features/chinese-e-cigarette-makers-shift-to-domestic-markets/|work=Tobacco Asia|date=1 September 2015}}</ref> Chinese companies' market share of e-liquid is low.<ref name=Kessel2014>{{cite news|last1=Kessel|first1=Jonah M.|title=China's E-Cigarette Boom|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/business/international/chinas-e-cigarette-boom-lacks-oversight-for-safety-.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1|work=The New York Times|date=13 December 2014}}</ref> In 2014, online and offline sales started to increase.<ref name=Yao2015/> Since combustible cigarettes are relatively inexpensive in China a lower price may not be a large factor in marketing vaping products over there.<ref name=Yao2015>{{cite news|last1=Yao Min-G|title=The e-cigarette is taking off in nation that invented it|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/feature/news-feature/The-ecigarette-is-taking-off-in-nation-that-invented-it/shdaily.shtml|work=Shanghai Daily|date=30 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
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In 2015, 80% of all e-cigarette sales in convenience stores in the US were products made by tobacco companies.<ref name=Craver2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/vuse-overwhelming-e-cig-competition/article_01f18c48-7ba1-5520-af32-b007025c6f9f.html|title=Vuse overwhelming e-cig competition|work=]|author=Richard Craver|date=29 May 2015}}</ref> According to ], convenience store e-cigarette sales in the US went down for the first time during the four-week period ending on 10 May 2014.<ref name=Haar2014/> Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog attributes this decline to a shift in consumers' behavior, buying more specialized devices or what she calls "vapors-tanks-mods (VTMs)" that are not tracked by Nielsen.<ref name=Haar2014>{{cite news|url=https://www.cspdailynews.com/tobacco/nielsen-electronic-cigarette-dollar-sales-decline|title=Nielsen: Electronic Cigarette Dollar Sales Decline|author=Melissa Vonder Haar|work=CSP Magazine|date=28 May 2014}}</ref> Wells Fargo estimated that VTMs accounted for 57% of the 3.5 billion dollar market in the US for vapor products in 2015.<ref name=Mickle-2015>{{cite news|last1=Mickle|first1=Tripp|date=7 July 2015|title=FDA Cloud Hangs Over Vape Shops|work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10130211234592774869404581088451777513530}}</ref> | |||
In 2014, dollar sales of customizable e-cigarettes and e-liquid surpassed sales of cigalikes in the US, even though, overall, customizables are a less expensive vaping option.<ref name=Koebler2014>{{cite news|last1=Koebler|first1=Jason|title=Big Tobacco Has Officially Lost Its Hold on the E-Cigarette Market|url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/big-tobacco-has-officially-lost-its-hold-on-the-e-cigarette-market|work=Motherboard|date=25 September 2014}}</ref> In 2014, the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association estimated that there were 35,000 vape shops in the US, more than triple the number a year earlier.<ref name=EsterlAug2014>{{cite news|last1=Esterl|first1=Mike|title=Big Tobacco's E-Cigarette Push Gets a Reality Check|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tobaccos-e-cig-push-gets-a-reality-check-1409078319|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=26 August 2014}}</ref> However the 2015 slowdown in market growth affected VTMs as well.<ref name=Mickle2015/> | |||
Large tobacco retailers are leading the cigalike market.<ref name=DasProchaska2017>{{cite journal|last1=Das|first1=Smita|last2=Prochaska|first2=Judith J.|title=Innovative approaches to support smoking cessation for individuals with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders|journal=Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine|volume=11|issue=10|pages=841–850|year=2017|issn=1747-6348|doi=10.1080/17476348.2017.1361823|pmc=5790168|pmid=28756728}}</ref> "We saw the market's sudden recognition that the cigarette industry seems to be in serious trouble, disrupted by the rise of vaping," '']'''s ] stated April 2018.<ref name=Elizabeth2018/> "Over the course of three short days, the tobacco stocks were bent, they were spindled and they were mutilated by the realization that electronic cigarettes have become a serious threat to the old-school cigarette makers," he added.<ref name=Elizabeth2018>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/23/cramer-vaping-is-killing-the-cigarette-industry-and-it-may-get-worse.html|title=Cramer: Vaping is decimating the cigarette industry—and it could get even worse|last=Gurdus|first=Elizabeth |publisher=CNBC|date=23 April 2018}}</ref> In 2019, a vaping industry organization released a report stating that a possible US ban on e-cigarettes flavors can potentially effect greater than 150,000 ] around the US.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-vaping-idUSKBN1XW20K|title=Ban on flavored vapes could lead to loss of 150,000 jobs, $8.4 billion sales hit: report|work=Reuters|date=22 November 2019}}</ref> | |||
The leading seller in the e-cigarette market in the US is the Juul e-cigarette,<ref name=Richtel2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/science/juul-vaping-teen-marketing.html|title=Did Juul Lure Teenagers and Get 'Customers for Life'?|last1=Richtel|first1=Matt|last2=Kaplan|first2=Sheila|work=The New York Times|date=27 August 2018}}</ref> which was introduced in June 2015.<ref name=Yakowicz2015/> {{As of|2018|08}}, Juul accounts for over 72% of the US e-cigarette market monitored by Nielsen, and its closest competitor—]' ]—makes up less than 10% of the market.<ref name=Craver0818/> Juul rose to popularity quickly, growing by 700% in 2016 alone.<ref name=Suiters2018>{{cite news|url=http://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/are-your-kids-juuling-at-school-7-on-your-side-investigates|title=Are your kids juuling at school? 7 On Your Side investigates |author=Kimberly Suiters|publisher=]|date=31 January 2018|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140236/http://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/are-your-kids-juuling-at-school-7-on-your-side-investigates|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 17 July 2018 Reynolds announced it will debut in August 2018 a ] type device similar Juul.<ref name=Craver0818>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/business/juul-expands-e-cig-market-share-gap-with-reynolds-vuse/article_0bb4d442-fc0f-5c00-8b05-29bbf95dc985.html|title=Juul expands e-cig market share gap with Reynolds' Vuse|last1=Craver|first1=Richard|work=Winston-Salem Journal|date=25 August 2018}}</ref> The popularity of the Juul pod system has led to a flood of other pod devices hitting the market.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://truthinitiative.org/news/juul-copycats-are-flooding-market|title=JUUL copycats are flooding the e-cigarette market|publisher=Truth Initiative|date=8 August 2018}}</ref> | |||
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In Canada, e-cigarettes had an estimated value of 140 million CAD in 2015.<ref name=Yuen2015>{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2015/07/04/wild-west-for-e-cigarette-use-in-canada-critic-says|title='Wild West' for e-cigarette use in Canada, critic says|last1=Yuen|first1=Jenny|newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=4 July 2015}}</ref> There are numerous e-cigarette retail shops in Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/04/06/e-cig-retailers-stand-up-to-health-canada|title=E-cig retailers stand up to Health Canada|author=Aedan Helmer|work=]|date=6 April 2014}}</ref> A 2014 audit of retailers in four Canadian cities found that 94% of grocery stores, convenience stores, and tobacconist shops which sold e-cigarettes sold nicotine-free varieties only, while all vape shops stocked at least one nicotine-containing product.<ref name=Hammond2015>{{cite journal |last1=Hammond|first1=D|last2=White|first2=CM|last3=Czoli|first3=CD|last4=Martin|first4=CL|last5=Magennis|first5=P|last6=Shiplo|first6=S|title=Retail availability and marketing of electronic cigarettes in Canada |journal=Canadian Journal of Public Health|date=9 October 2015|volume=106|issue=6|pages=e408–12|url=http://davidhammond.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2015-Ecig-Retail-in-Canada-CJPH-Hammond.pdf|doi=10.17269/cjph.106.5105 |pmid=26680433|pmc=6972063}}</ref> | |||
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By 2015, the e-cigarette market had only reached a twentieth of the size of the tobacco market in the UK.<ref name=HiscockBranston2017>{{cite journal|last1=Hiscock|first1=Rosemary|last2=Branston|first2=J Robert|last3=McNeill |first3=Ann|last4=Hitchman|first4=Sara C|last5=Partos|first5=Timea R|last6=Gilmore|first6=Anna B|title=Tobacco industry strategies undermine government tax policy: evidence from commercial data|journal=Tobacco Control |volume=27|issue=5|year=2017|pages=tobaccocontrol–2017–053891|issn=0964-4563|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053891|pmc=6109235|pmid=28993519}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/09/tobaccocontrol-2017-053891.long#ref-73|author(s)=Rosemary Hiscock, J Robert Branston, Ann McNeill, Sara C Hitchman, Timea R Partos, Anna B Gilmore}}</ref> In the UK in 2015 the "most prominent brands of cigalikes" were owned by tobacco companies, however, with the exception of one model, all the tank types came from "non-tobacco industry companies".{{sfn|McNeill|2015|p=15}} Yet some tobacco industry products, while using prefilled cartridges, resemble tank models.{{sfn|McNeill|2015|p=15}} | |||
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France's e-cigarette market was estimated by Groupe Xerfi to be ]130 million in 2015.<ref name=Lastennet2016/> Additionally, France's e-liquid market was estimated at €265 million.<ref name=Lastennet2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.letelegramme.fr/bretagne/cigarettes-electroniques-le-marche-de-la-vape-en-deux-cartes-07-02-2016-10949003.php|title=Cigarettes électroniques. Le marché de la vape en deux cartes|last1=Lastennet |first1=Vincent|work=Le Télégramme|date=7 February 2016}}</ref> In December 2015, there were 2,400 vape shops in France, 400 fewer than in March of the same year.<ref name=Lastennet2016/> Industry organization Fivape said the reduction was due to consolidation, not to reduced demand.<ref name=Lastennet2016/> | |||
In ], the e-cigarette market is growing rapidly, with the use rate increasing 18 times from 2015 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thuốc lá điện tử, nung nóng độc hại, vì sao có sức hút lớn với giới trẻ Việt Nam? - Tin tổng hợp - Cổng thông tin Bộ Y tế |url=https://moh.gov.vn/tin-tong-hop/-/asset_publisher/k206Q9qkZOqn/content/thuoc-la-ien-tu-nung-nong-oc-hai-vi-sao-co-suc-hut-lon-voi-gioi-tre-viet-nam- |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=moh.gov.vn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Võ |first=Thu |title=5 năm, tỷ lệ hút thuốc lá điện tử ở cả nam và nữ tại Việt Nam tăng 18 lần |url=https://vietnamnet.vn/5-nam-ty-le-hut-thuoc-la-dien-tu-o-ca-nam-va-nu-tang-18-lan-2178336.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=VietNamNet News |language=vietnamese}}</ref> The use rate of e-cigarettes in adolescents aged 13–15 is 3.5%, up 1.6% from 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tỷ lệ dùng thuốc lá điện tử ở nhóm 13-15 tuổi là 3,5% |url=https://tuoitrethudo.com.vn/ty-le-dung-thuoc-la-dien-tu-o-nhom-13-15-tuoi-la-35-214306.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Báo Tuổi Trẻ Thủ Đô |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lê |first=Nga |title=Học sinh 13-15 tuổi hút thuốc lá điện tử tăng |url=https://vnexpress.net/hoc-sinh-13-15-tuoi-hut-thuoc-la-dien-tu-tang-4552652.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=vnexpress.net |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=VnExpress |title=Học sinh 13-15 tuổi hút thuốc lá điện tử tăng |url=https://baoquangninh.vn/hoc-sinh-13-15-tuoi-hut-thuoc-la-dien-tu-tang-3219632.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=baoquangninh.vn |language=vi}}</ref> According to estimates by the ] (WHO), the global economic losses caused by tobacco each year are $1.4 trillion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Tổn thất kinh tế toàn cầu do thuốc lá gây ra mỗi năm là 1.400 tỷ USD |url=https://vtc.vn/ton-that-kinh-te-toan-cau-do-thuoc-la-gay-ra-moi-nam-la-1-400-ty-usd-ar837864.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Báo điện tử VTC News |language=vi}}</ref> Economic losses caused by tobacco are estimated to account for 1% of GDP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Đề xuất cấm lưu hành thuốc lá điện tử tại Việt Nam |url=https://dangcongsan.vn/y-te/de-xuat-cam-luu-hanh-thuoc-la-dien-tu-tai-viet-nam-653229.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=dangcongsan.vn |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Gần 97% bệnh nhân ung thư phổi có hút thuốc lá |url=https://moha.gov.vn/chuyen-doi-so/tin-tong-hop/gan-97-benh-nhan-ung-thu-phoi-co-hut-thuoc-la-d611-t55698.html#:~:text=Th%E1%BB%91ng%20k%C3%AA%20c%E1%BB%A7a%20T%E1%BB%95%20ch%E1%BB%A9c,n%C4%83m%20l%C3%A0%201.400%20t%E1%BB%B7%20USD. |access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref> The ] is making efforts to control the e-cigarette market.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phương |first=Thảo |title=Sớm "chốt" giải pháp kiểm soát thuốc lá điện tử |url=https://laodongthudo.vn/som-chot-giai-phap-kiem-soat-thuoc-la-dien-tu-157892.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Báo Lao động thủ đô |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=Vapor Store |url=http://vaporstore.vn/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Báo Nhân Dân điện tử |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-31 |title=Ưu tiên hỗ trợ Việt Nam thực hiện các mục tiêu của Chiến lược Quốc gia về phòng chống tác hại thuốc lá |url=https://moha.gov.vn/chuyen-doi-so/tin-tong-hop/uu-tien-ho-tro-viet-nam-thuc-hien-cac-muc-tieu-cua-d611-t55636.html |access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref> However, here are still many challenges to be addressed, such as consumer's lack of understanding of the harm of e-cigarettes, unclear legal regulations, and fierce competition from imported e-cigarette products.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Theo |first=TTXVN |date=2015-05-29 |title=Kiểm soát thuốc lá tại Việt Nam: Vẫn nhiều thách thức |url=https://tuyengiao.vn/kiem-soat-thuoc-la-tai-viet-nam-van-nhieu-thach-thuc-75140 |access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Cần sớm quản lý đồng thời thuốc lá điện tử và thuốc lá làm nóng |url=https://moha.gov.vn/chuyen-doi-so/tin-tong-hop/can-som-quan-ly-dong-thoi-thuoc-la-dien-tu-va-thuo-d611-t55628.html |access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref> | |||
== Environmental impact == | |||
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Compared to traditional cigarettes, reusable e-cigarettes do not create waste and potential litter from every use in the form of discarded ].<ref name=Howard2012/> Traditional cigarettes tend to end up in the ocean where they cause pollution,<ref name=Howard2012>{{cite web|url=http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2012/04/11/cigarettes-vs-e-cigarettes-which-is-less-environmentally-harmful/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324142409/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2012/04/11/cigarettes-vs-e-cigarettes-which-is-less-environmentally-harmful/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 March 2015 |title=Cigarettes vs. e-Cigarettes: Which Is Less Environmentally Harmful?|first1=Brian Clark|last1=Howard|work=]|date=11 April 2012}}</ref> though once discarded they undergo ] and ]. Although some brands have begun recycling services for their e-cigarette cartridges and batteries, the prevalence of recycling is unknown.<ref name=Chang2014/> | |||
E-cigarettes that are not reusable contribute to the problem of ], which can create a hazard for people and other organisms.<ref name=Nowak2014/> If improperly disposed of, they can release ], nicotine, and other chemicals from batteries and unused e-liquid.<ref name="KimKabir2016" /><ref name=SmithBrar2016/> A July 2018–April 2019 garbology study found e-cigarette products composed 19% of the waste from all traditional and electronic tobacco and cannabis products collected at 12 public high schools in Northern California.<ref name=Mock2019>{{cite journal|last1=Mock|first1=Jeremiah|title=Notes from the Field: Environmental Contamination from E-cigarette, Cigarette, Cigar, and Cannabis Products at 12 High Schools — San Francisco Bay Area, 2018–2019|journal=MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep|volume=68|issue=40|year=2019 |pages=897–899|doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm6840a4|pmc=6788397 |pmid=31600185}}</ref> | |||
Councils in England and Wales are pushing for a 2024 ban on single-use vapes due to environmental and health risks, as 1.3 million are thrown away weekly. Recycling challenges, waste issues, and fire hazards are cited. Concerns about youth vaping are also raised. The ] defends disposables as quitting aids but warns of potential black market products if banned.<ref>{{Cite news |last= Davey |first= James |date=2023-07-15 |title= UK councils call for ban on disposable vapes by 2024 |language=en |work=Reuters |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-councils-call-ban-disposable-vapes-by-2024-2023-07-15/ |access-date=2023-07-24}}</ref> | |||
== Related technologies == | |||
Other devices to deliver inhaled nicotine have been developed.<ref name=Giroudde2015/> They aim to mimic the ritual and behavioral aspects of traditional cigarettes.<ref name="Giroudde2015">{{cite journal |last1=Giroud |first1=Christian|last2=de Cesare|first2=Mariangela|last3=Berthet|first3=Aurélie |last4=Varlet|first4=Vincent|last5=Concha-Lozano|first5=Nicolas|last6=Favrat|first6=Bernard|title=E-Cigarettes: A Review of New Trends in Cannabis Use|journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|volume=12|issue=8|year=2015|pages=9988–10008|issn=1660-4601|pmc=4555324 |pmid=26308021|doi=10.3390/ijerph120809988|doi-access=free}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/8/9988/htm|author(s)=Christian Giroud, Mariangela de Cesare, Aurélie Berthet, Vincent Varlet, Nicolas Concha-Lozano, and Bernard Favrat}}</ref> | |||
British American Tobacco, through their subsidiary Nicoventures, licensed a nicotine delivery system based on existing asthma ] technology from UK-based healthcare company ].<ref>{{cite news |title=BAT unit to market nicotine inhaler|publisher=Tobacco Journal International |url=http://www.tobaccojournal.com/BAT_unit_to_market__innovative__nicotine_inhaler.50583.0.html |date=7 June 2011}}</ref> In September 2014 a product based on this named Voke obtained approval from the United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.<ref name=Odell2014>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ecff7448-3a86-11e4-bd08-00144feabdc0.html|title=British American Tobacco nicotine inhaler wins regulatory approval|author=Mark Odell|work=Financial Times|date=12 September 2014}}</ref> | |||
In 2011, ] bought the rights to a nicotine pyruvate technology developed by Jed Rose at Duke University.<ref>{{cite news |author=Michael Felberbaum |date=26 May 2011 |url= https://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/05/26/philip_morris_intl_buys_rights_to_nicotine_system/ |title=Philip Morris Int'l buys rights to nicotine system|work=]|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The technology is based on the chemical reaction between ] and nicotine, which produces an inhalable nicotine pyruvate vapor.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 February 2010 |url=http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/02/27/new.smoking.cessation.therapy.proves.promising |title=New smoking cessation therapy proves promising |website=Esciencenews}}</ref> Philip Morris Products S.A. created a different kind e-cigarette named P3L.{{sfnp|National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|2018|loc=Nicotine Salts |p=96}} The device is supplied with a cartridge that contains nicotine and lactic acid in different cavities.{{sfnp|National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|2018|loc=Nicotine Salts |p=96}} When turned on and heated, the nicotine salt called nicotine lactate forms an aerosol.{{sfnp|National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|2018|loc=Nicotine Salts |p=96}} | |||
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The ] is a heated tobacco product marketed by Philip Morris International.<ref name=Uranaka2016>{{cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/iqos-e-cigarette_us_56fa8639e4b0a372181af0c4|title=Big Tobacco Is Starting To Cash In On Vaping|author1=Taiga Uranaka|author2=Ritsuko Shimizu|work=HuffPost|agency=Reuters|date=29 March 2016}}</ref> It heats tobacco at a lower temperature than traditional cigarettes.<ref name=LiSaad2018>{{cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Gerard|last2=Saad|first2=Sonia|last3=Oliver|first3=Brian|last4=Chen|first4=Hui|title=Heat or Burn? Impacts of Intrauterine Tobacco Smoke and E-Cigarette Vapor Exposure on the Offspring's Health Outcome|journal=Toxics|volume=6|issue=3|year=2018|pages=43|issn=2305-6304|doi=10.3390/toxics6030043|pmc=6160993|pmid=30071638|doi-access=free}}{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/6/3/43/htm|author(s)=Gerard Li, Sonia Saad, Brian G. Oliver, and Hui Chen}}</ref> The tobacco sticks reach a temperature up to 350 °C.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/2014/06/26/philip_morris_intl_to_sell_marlboro_heatsticks/|title=Philip Morris Int'l to sell Marlboro Heatsticks|author=Michael Felberbaum|publisher=Salon Media Group |agency=Associated Press|date=26 June 2014|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-date=28 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628134323/http://www.salon.com/2014/06/26/philip_morris_intl_to_sell_marlboro_heatsticks/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It sold first in Japan since November 2014.<ref name=TabuchiKiyohara2016>{{cite journal|last1=Tabuchi|first1=Takahiro|last2=Kiyohara|first2=Kosuke |last3=Hoshino|first3=Takahiro|last4=Bekki|first4=Kanae|last5=Inaba|first5=Yohei|last6=Kunugita |first6=Naoki|title=Awareness and use of electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products in Japan|journal=Addiction|volume=111|issue=4|year=2016|pages=706–713|issn=0965-2140|doi=10.1111/add.13231 |pmid=26566956}}</ref> In December 2016, the United Tobacco Vapor Group's (UTVG) stated that they have been given a patent for their vaporizing component system.<ref name=Yahoo2016/> qmos from UTVG does not contain a wick or sponge and the number of components is 5 compared to 20 for traditional e-cigarettes.<ref name=Yahoo2016>{{cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vaporizing-technology-qmos-set-revolutionize-140000566.html|title=New Vaporizing Technology, qmos, set to Revolutionize Vaping and E-Cigarette Industries|publisher=]|agency=]|date=2 December 2016}}</ref> | |||
] has developed vaporizers that heats the leaves of tobacco to deliver nicotine in a vapor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-11-21/plooms-e-cigarettes-vaporizers-use-real-tobacco|title=Ploom's E-Cigarettes and Vaporizers Use Real Tobacco|author=Brad Stone|work=]|date=21 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Melissa Vonder Haar|work=CSP Magazine|date=11 March 2015|url=http://www.cspnet.com/category-news/tobacco/articles/pax-labs-ceo-teases-fundamentally-different-e-cigarette|title=PAX Labs CEO Teases 'Fundamentally Different' E-Cigarette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419214721/http://www.cspnet.com/category-news/tobacco/articles/pax-labs-ceo-teases-fundamentally-different-e-cigarette |archive-date=19 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2015, they introduced ], a type of e-cigarette which delivers 10 times as much nicotine as other e-cigarettes, equivalent to an actual cigarette puff.<ref name=Yakowicz2015>{{cite news|url=http://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/pax-labs-vaporizer-company-raises-47-million.html|title=This Silicon Valley Company Just Raised $47 Million to Smoke Cigarette Makers|author=Will Yakowicz |work=]|date=10 June 2015}}</ref> Juul was spun off from Pax Labs in June 2017 and is now available by the independent company Juul Labs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/08/pax-labs-brings-on-bharat-vasan-as-new-ceo/|last1=Crook |first1=Jordan|title=PAX Labs brings on Bharat Vasan as new CEO|work=]|date=8 February 2018}}</ref> The eTron 3T from Vapor Tobacco Manufacturing, launched in December 2014,<ref name=Tuinstra2014/> employs a patented, aqueous system whereby the tobacco is extracted into water.<ref name="O'Connell2013">{{cite web|last1=O'Connell|first1=Thomas|title=US8479747B2 - Method for preparing tobacco extract for electronic smoking devices|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US8479747 |website=Google Patents|date=9 July 2013}}</ref> The e-liquid contains ] tobacco, organic glycerin, and water.<ref name=Tuinstra2014>{{cite news|last1=Tuinstra|first1=Taco |url=http://www.tobaccoreporter.com/2014/12/certified-organic-e-liquids-being-launched-by-vtm/ |title=Certified organic e-liquids being launched by VTM |work=Tobacco Reporter|date=16 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
In December 2013, ] launched Ploom in Japan.<ref name=Tuinstra2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.tobaccoreporter.com/2016/01/jt-announces-launch-of-next-generation-ploom/|title=JT announces launch of next-generation Ploom|first=Taco |last=Tuinstra|work=Tobacco Reporter|date=26 January 2016}}</ref> In January 2016, they launched Ploom TECH<ref name=Rossel2016>{{cite news|url=http://www.tobaccoreporter.com/2016/07/blending-nature-and-technology/|title=Blending nature and technology|first=Stefanie |last=Rossel|work=Tobacco Reporter|date=1 July 2016}}</ref> that produces a vapor from a heated liquid that moves through a capsule of granulated tobacco leaves.<ref name=Chambers2017>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-03/japan-tobacco-sees-no-quick-fix-for-heat-not-burn-shortage|title=Japan Tobacco Sees No Quick Fix for Heat-Not-Burn Shortage|first=Sam |last=Chambers|work=Bloomberg News|date=3 February 2017}}</ref> In 2016, British American Tobacco (BAT) released its own version of the heat but not burn technology called glo in Japan<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/22/business/corporate-business/bat-finds-strong-japan-demand-glo-smokeless-tobacco-device/|title=BAT finds strong Japan demand for its Glo smokeless tobacco device|work=The Japan Times|agency=Reuters|date=22 March 2017}}</ref> and Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/04/26/business/26reuters-brit-am-tobacco-agm.html?_r=0|title=British American Says 2017 Trading in Line With Expectations|work=The New York Times|agency=Reuters|date=26 April 2017}}</ref> It uses tobacco sticks rather than nicotine liquid,<ref name=Uranaka2017>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brit-am-tobacco-smokeless-idUSKBN18Q0EB|title=British American Tobacco will expand sales of its "glo" tobacco-heating device to Tokyo and Osaka from July|last1=Uranaka|first1=Taiga|last2=Sarkar|first2=Himani|publisher=Reuters |date=30 May 2017}}</ref> and does not directly heat or burn tobacco.<ref name=ANI2016>{{cite news |url=http://www.india.com/buzz/now-safer-e-cigarette-with-tobacco-flavour-less-harmful-smoke-1010152/ |title=Now, 'safer' e-cigarette with tobacco flavour, less harmful smoke|author=ANI|publisher=]|agency=India WebPortal Private Limited|date=6 March 2016}}</ref> Heated tobacco products were first introduced in 1988, but were not a commercial success.<ref name=Caputi2016>{{cite journal|last1=Caputi|first1=TL|title=Heat-not-burn tobacco products are about to reach their boiling point.|journal=Tobacco Control|volume=26|issue=5|pages=609–610|date=24 August 2016|pmid=27558827 |s2cid=46170776|doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053264}}</ref> | |||
BLOW started selling e-hookahs, an electronic version of the ] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/E-Hookah-vape-cigarette-smoke-243042311.html|title='E-Hookah' Debuts in San Diego Amid Critics|author=Candice Nguyen|publisher=NBCUniversal|date=1 February 2014}}</ref> The handle of each hose for the e-hookah contains a heating element and a liquid, which produces vapor.<ref name=Ochs2014>{{cite news |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2099480/blow-hookah-no-fire-no-charcoal-just-vapor-and-lasers.html|title=Blow Hookah: No fire, no charcoal, just vapor and lasers |author=Susie Ochs|work=] |agency=TechHive |date=20 February 2014|access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318200026/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2099480/blow-hookah-no-fire-no-charcoal-just-vapor-and-lasers.html|archive-date=18 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ], based in Toronto, Canada, invented a 3D printed adapter to turn a traditional hookah into an e-hookah.<ref name=Thimmesch2014>{{cite news |url=https://3dprint.com/17857/3d-printed-hookah/|title=Canadian Doctor Promotes a 3D Printed Adapter for Converting Hookahs to E-Hookahs |author=Debra Thimmesch|publisher=3DPrint.com|agency=3DR Holdings|date=7 October 2014}}</ref> It is used instead of the ceramic bowl that contains ].<ref name=3DPI2014/> Rather than the tobacco, users can insert e-cigarettes.<ref name=3DPI2014>{{cite news |url=https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/3dpi-tv-3d-printed-e-hookah-adapter-help-smokers-27401/ |title=3DPI.TV – 3D Printed e-Hookah Adapter Could Help Smokers|publisher=3DPI.TV|agency=3D Printing Industry|date=20 May 2014}}</ref> | |||
== Cannabis vaping == | |||
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Some vape pens, generally not referred to as "e-cigarettes", contain ] derivatives instead of nicotine and tobacco derivatives. Some cannabis pens, known as "dab pens", contain cannabis extracted using butane as solvent ("butane hash oil"). Other vaporizers contain e-liquid made with pure THC, and they generally resemble conventional e-cigarettes. A 2020 study shows that one third of teenagers engaged in conventional, tobacco vaping also engage in THC vaping.<ref name="THC vaping article">{{cite journal |last1=Chadi |first1=Nicholas |last2=Minato |first2=Claudia |last3=Stanwick |first3=Richard |title=Cannabis vaping: Understanding the health risks of a rapidly emerging trend |journal=Paediatrics & Child Health |pages=S16–S20 |doi=10.1093/pch/pxaa016 |date=June 2020|volume=25 |issue=Suppl 1 |pmid=33390752 |pmc=7757764 }}</ref> | |||
KanaVape is an e-cigarette containing ] (CBD) and no ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vice.com/en_se/read/kanavape-antonin-cohen-interview-france-cannabis-e-cigarette-legal-876 |author=Gaspard Glanz|author-link=Gaspard Glanz |title=France's First Cannabis E-Cigarette Is Completely Legal|publisher=Vice|date=17 December 2014}}</ref> Several companies including Canada's Eagle Energy Vapor are selling ]-based e-cigarettes instead of containing nicotine.<ref name=Ma2015>{{cite news|author=Alexandra Ma|date=11 August 2015|title=This Is What It's Like To Vape Caffeine |work=HuffPost |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/eagle-energy-vapor-caffeine_55c8c514e4b0f1cbf1e5a202}}</ref> | |||
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Device that vaporizes a liquid nicotine solution for inhalation "Vape" redirects here. For the Argentine reconnaissance vehicle, see VAPE. Not to be confused with Heated tobacco product or Vaporizer (inhalation device).
An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), commonly called a vape, is a device that simulates tobacco smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. As such, using an e-cigarette is often called "vaping". The atomizer is a heating element that vaporizes a liquid solution called e-liquid, which quickly cools into an aerosol of tiny droplets, vapor and air. The vapor mainly comprises propylene glycol and/or glycerin, usually with nicotine and flavoring. Its exact composition varies, and depends on several things including user behavior.
E-cigarettes are activated by taking a puff or pressing a button. Some look like traditional cigarettes, and most kinds are reusable.
Nicotine is highly addictive, Users become physically and psychologically dependent. Addiction to e-cigarettes appears lower than from smoking, with slower nicotine absorption rates. Scientists do not know how harmful e-cigarettes are over the long-term because it is hard to separate the effects of vaping from the effects of smoking when so many people both vape and smoke. E-cigarettes have not been used widely enough or for long enough to be sure.
Vaping is likely far less harmful than smoking, but still harmful. E-cigarette vapor contains far fewer toxins than cigarette smoke, and at much lower concentrations. The vapor contains traces of harmful substances not found in cigarette smoke. E-cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation. However, e-cigarettes have not been subject to the same rigorous testing that most nicotine replacement therapy products have, and health warnings may encourage a smoker to quit vaping.
Construction
Main article: Construction of electronic cigarettesAn electronic cigarette consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container for e-liquid such as a cartridge or tank.
E-cigarettes have evolved over time, and the different designs are classified in generations. First-generation e-cigarettes tend to look like traditional cigarettes and are called "cigalikes". Second-generation devices are larger and look less like traditional cigarettes. Third-generation devices include mechanical mods and variable voltage devices. The fourth-generation includes sub-ohm tanks (meaning they have electrical resistance of less than 1 ohm) and temperature control. There are also pod mod devices that use protonated nicotine, rather than free-base nicotine found in earlier generations, providing higher nicotine yields.
E-liquid
The mixture used in vapor products such as e-cigarettes is called e-liquid. E-liquid formulations vary widely. A typical e-liquid is composed of propylene glycol and glycerin (95%) and a combination of flavorings, nicotine, and other additives (5%). The flavorings may be natural, artificial, or organic. Over 80 harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde and metallic nanoparticles have been found in e-liquids at trace quantities. There are many e-liquid manufacturers, and more than 15,000 flavors.
Many countries regulate what e-liquids can contain. In the US, there are Food and Drug Administration (FDA) compulsory manufacturing standards and American E-liquid Manufacturing Standards Association (AEMSA) recommended manufacturing standards. European Union standards are published in the EU Tobacco Products Directive.
Coils
In 2019 a study found that the metal coils of e-cigarettes can leach metal into the e-liquid leading to permanent lung damage in some cases. Research has shown that higher voltages generate more heat and release more toxic substances into the e-liquid. Vaping cannabis usually involves higher temperatures than nicotine.
Use
Popularity
Since entering the market around 2003, e-cigarette use has risen rapidly. In 2011 there were about 7 million adult e-cigarette users globally, increasing to 68 million in 2020 compared with 1.1 billion cigarette smokers. There was a further rise to 82 million e-cigarette users in 2021. This increase has been attributed to targeted marketing, lower cost compared to conventional cigarettes, and the better safety profile of e-cigarettes compared to tobacco. E-cigarette use is highest in China, the US, and Europe, with China having the most users.
Motivation
There are varied reasons for e-cigarette use. Most users are trying to quit smoking, but a large proportion of use is recreational or as an attempt to get around smoke-free laws. Many people vape because they believe vaping is safer than smoking. The wide choice of flavors and lower price compared to cigarettes are also important factors.
Other motivations include reduced odor and fewer stains. E-cigarettes also appeal to technophiles who enjoy customizing their devices.
Gateway theory
The gateway hypothesis is the idea that using less harmful drugs can lead to more harmful ones. Evidence shows that many users who begin by vaping will go on to also smoke traditional cigarettes. People with mental illnesses, who as a group are more susceptible to nicotine addiction, are at particularly high risk of dual use.
However, an association between vaping and subsequent smoking does not necessarily imply a causal gateway effect. Instead, people may have underlying characteristics that predispose them to both activities. There is a genetic association between smoking, vaping, gambling, promiscuity and other risk-taking behaviors. Young people with poor executive functioning use e-cigarettes, cigarettes, and alcohol at higher rates than their peers. E-cigarette users are also more likely to use both cannabis and unprescribed Adderall or Ritalin. Longitudinal studies of e-cigarettes and smoking have been criticized for failing to adequately control for these and other confounding factors.
Smoking rates have continually declined as e-cigarettes have grown in popularity, especially among young people, suggesting that there is little evidence for a gateway effect at the population level. This observation has been criticized, however, for ignoring the effect of anti-smoking interventions.
Young adult and teen use
Worldwide, increasing numbers of young people are vaping. With access to e-cigarettes, young people's tobacco use has dropped by about 75%.
Most young e-cigarette users have never smoked, but there is a substantial minority who both vape and smoke. Many young people who would not smoke are vaping. Young people who smoke tobacco or marijuana, or who drink alcohol, are much more likely to vape. Among young people who have tried vaping, most used a flavored product the first time.
Vaping correlates with smoking among young people, even in those who would otherwise be unlikely to smoke. Experimenting with vaping encourages young people to continue smoking. A 2015 study found minors had little resistance to buying e-cigarettes online. Teenagers may not admit to using e-cigarettes, but use, for instance, a hookah pen. As a result, self-reporting may be lower in surveys.
More recent studies show a trend of an increasing proportion of young people who use e-cigarettes. In 2018, 20% of high school students were using e-cigarettes. In 2020, however, this number increased to 50% of high school students reported to have used e-cigarettes. Similarly, in Canada, there has been trend showing 29% of young people reporting to have used e-cigarettes in 2017, increasing to 37% in 2018.
Health effects
Main article: Health effects of electronic cigarettesThe health risks of e-cigarettes are not known for certain, but the risk of serious adverse events is thought to be low, and e-cigarettes are likely safer than combusted tobacco products. However, this does not mean that e-cigarettes are harmless. E-cigarette use is associated with increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Those who use e-cigarettes daily have higher risk than those who use them occasionally. According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, "Laboratory tests of e-cigarette ingredients, in vitro toxicological tests, and short-term human studies suggest that e-cigarettes are likely to be far less harmful than combustible tobacco cigarettes." Randomized controlled trials provide "high-certainty" evidence that e-cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for discontinuing tobacco smoking, and moderate‐certainty evidence that they are more effective than e-cigarettes free of nicotine.
Some of the most common but less serious adverse effects include abdominal pain, headache, blurry vision, throat and mouth irritation, vomiting, nausea, and coughing. Nicotine is addictive and harmful to fetuses, children, and young people. In 2019 and 2020, an outbreak of severe vaping lung illness in the US was strongly linked to vitamin E acetate by the CDC. While it is still widely debated which particular component of vape liquid is the cause of illness, vitamin E acetate, specifically, has been identified as a potential culprit in vape-related illnesses. There was likely more than one cause of the outbreak.
E-cigarettes produce similar levels of particulates to tobacco cigarettes. There is "only limited evidence showing adverse respiratory and cardiovascular effects in humans", with the authors of a 2020 review calling for more long-term studies on the subject. E-cigarettes increase the risk of asthma by 40% and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by 50% compared to not using nicotine at all.
Pregnancy
The British Royal College of Midwives states: "While vaping devices such as electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) do contain some toxins, they are at far lower levels than found in tobacco smoke. If a pregnant woman who has been smoking chooses to use an e-cig and it helps her to quit smoking and stay smokefree, she should be supported to do so." Based on the available evidence on e-cigarette safety, there was also "no reason to believe that use of an e-cig has any adverse effect on breastfeeding." The statement went on to say, "vaping should continue, if it is helpful to quitting smoking and staying smokefree". The UK National Health Service says: "If using an e-cigarette helps you to stop smoking, it is much safer for you and your baby than continuing to smoke." Many women who vape continue to do so during pregnancy because of the perceived safety of e-cigarettes compared to tobacco.
United States
In one of the few studies identified, a 2015 survey of 316 pregnant women in a Maryland clinic found that the majority had heard of e-cigarettes, 13% had used them, and 0.6% were current daily users. These findings are of concern because the dose of nicotine delivered by e-cigarettes can be as high or higher than that delivered by traditional cigarettes.
Data from two states in the Pregnancy Risk Assessment System (PRAMS) show that in 2015—roughly the mid-point of the study period—10.8% of the sample used e-cigarettes in the three months prior to the pregnancy while 7.0%, 5.8%, and 1.4% used these products at the time of the pregnancy, in the first trimester, and at birth respectively. According to National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 2014 to 2017, 38.9% of pregnant smokers used e-cigarettes compared to only 13.5% of non-pregnant, reproductive age women smokers. A health economic study found that passing an e-cigarette minimum legal sale age law in the United States increased teenage prenatal smoking by 0.6 percentage points and had no effect on birth outcomes. Nevertheless, additional research needs to be done on the health effects of electronic cigarette use during pregnancy.
According to the CDC, E-cigarettes are not safe during pregnancy. "Although the aerosol of e-cigarettes generally has fewer harmful substances than cigarette smoke, e-cigarettes and other products containing nicotine are not safe to use during pregnancy. Nicotine is a health danger for pregnant women and developing babies and can damage a developing baby's brain and lungs. Also, some of the flavorings used in e-cigarettes may be harmful to a developing baby."
A popular vaporizer named Juul was widely used by American young people until 2022, when the FDA banned its products from sale. Close to 80% of respondents in a 2017 Truth Initiative study aged 15–24 reported using Juul also used the device in the last 30 days. In the 2010s, US teenagers used the verb "Juuling" to describe vaping, and Juuling was the subject of widespread memes on social media.
Harm reduction
Harm reduction refers to any reduction in harm from a prior level. Harm minimization strives to reduce harms to the lowest achievable level. When a person does not want to quit nicotine, harm minimization means striving to eliminate tobacco exposure by replacing it with vaping. E-cigarettes can reduce smokers' exposure to carcinogens and other toxic chemicals found in tobacco.
Tobacco harm reduction has been a controversial area of tobacco control. Health advocates have been slow to support a harm reduction method out of concern that tobacco companies cannot be trusted to sell products that will lower the risks associated with tobacco use. A large number of smokers want to reduce harm from smoking by using e-cigarettes. The argument for harm reduction does not take into account the adverse effects of nicotine. There cannot be a defensible reason for harm reduction in children who are vaping with a base of nicotine. Quitting smoking is the most effective strategy to tobacco harm reduction.
Tobacco smoke contains 100 known carcinogens and 900 potentially cancer-causing chemicals, but e-cigarette vapor contains less of the potential carcinogens than found in tobacco smoke. A study in 2015 using a third-generation device found levels of formaldehyde were greater than with cigarette smoke when adjusted to a maximum power setting. E-cigarettes cannot be considered safe because there is no safe level for carcinogens. Due to their similarity to traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes could play a valuable role in tobacco harm reduction. The public health community remains divided concerning the appropriateness of endorsing a device whose safety and efficacy for smoking cessation remain unclear. Overall, the available evidence supports the cautionary implementation of harm reduction interventions aimed at promoting e-cigarettes as attractive and competitive alternatives to cigarette smoking, while taking measures to protect vulnerable groups and individuals.
The core concern is that smokers who could have quit entirely will develop an alternative nicotine addiction. Dual use may be an increased risk to a smoker who continues to use even a minimal amount of traditional cigarettes, rather than quitting. Because of the convenience of e-cigarettes, it may further increase the risk of addiction. The promotion of vaping as a harm reduction aid is premature, while a 2011 review found they appear to have the potential to lower tobacco-related death and disease. Evidence to substantiate the potential of vaping to lower tobacco-related death and disease is unknown. The health benefits of reducing cigarette use while vaping is unclear. E-cigarettes could have an influential role in tobacco harm reduction. The authors warned against the potential harm of excessive regulation and advised health professionals to consider advising smokers who are reluctant to quit by other methods to switch to e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking.
A 2014 review recommended that regulations for e-cigarettes could be similar to those for dietary supplements or cosmetic products to not limit their potential for harm reduction. A 2012 review found e-cigarettes could considerably reduce traditional cigarettes use and they likely could be used as a lower risk replacement for traditional cigarettes, but there is not enough data on their safety and efficacy to draw definite conclusions. There is no research available on vaping for reducing harm in high-risk groups such as people with mental disorders.
A 2014 PHE report concluded that hazards associated with products currently on the market are probably low, and apparently much lower than smoking. However, harms could be reduced further through reasonable product standards. The British Medical Association encourages health professionals to recommend conventional nicotine replacement therapies, but for patients unwilling to use or continue using such methods, health professionals may present e-cigarettes as a lower-risk option than tobacco smoking.
The American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) suggests those who are unwilling to quit tobacco smoking or unable to quit with medical advice and pharmaceutical methods should consider other nicotine-containing products such as e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco for long-term use instead of smoking. A 2014 WHO report concluded that some smokers will switch completely to e-cigarettes from traditional tobacco but a "sizeable" number will use both. This report found that such "dual-use" of e-cigarettes and tobacco "will have much smaller beneficial effects on overall survival compared with quitting smoking completely."
Smoking cessation
Whether e-cigarettes help people quit smoking is debated. Limited evidence suggests that e-cigarettes likely do help people to stop smoking when used in clinical settings. However, more smokers become dual users than succeed in complete abstinence. Outside clinical settings, vaping does not greatly change the odds of quitting smoking.
A small number of studies have looked at whether using e-cigarettes reduces the number of cigarettes smokers consume. E-cigarette use may decrease the number of cigarettes smoked, but smoking just one to four cigarettes daily greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to not smoking. The extent to which decreasing cigarette smoking with vaping leads to quitting is unknown.
It is unclear whether e-cigarettes are only helpful for particular types of smokers. Vaping with nicotine may reduce tobacco use among daily smokers. Whether vaping is effective for quitting smoking may depend on whether it was used as part of an effort to quit.
One of the challenges in studying e-cigarettes is that there are hundreds of brands and models of e-cigarettes sold that vary in the design and operation of the devices and composition of the liquid, and the technology continues to change. E-cigarettes have not been subjected to the same type of efficacy testing as nicotine replacement products. There are also social concerns - use of e-cigarettes may normalize tobacco use and prolong cigarette use for people who could have quit instead, or it could put extra pressure on smokers to stop cigarette smoking because e-cigarettes are a more socially acceptable alternative. The evidence indicates smokers are more frequently able to completely quit smoking using tank devices compared to cigalikes, which may be due to their more efficient nicotine delivery. One study supports the claim that smokers are more likely to use e-cigarettes as a nicotine replacement product to aid in smoking cessation than other pharmaceutical products.
There is low quality evidence that vaping assists smokers to quit smoking in the long-term compared with nicotine-free vaping. Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes were associated with greater effectiveness for quitting smoking than e-cigarettes without nicotine. A 2013 study in smokers who were not trying to quit, found that vaping, with or without nicotine decreased the number of cigarettes consumed. E-cigarettes without nicotine may reduce tobacco cravings because of the smoking-related physical stimuli.
A 2015 meta-analysis on clinical trials found that e-cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective than nicotine-free ones for quitting smoking. They compared their finding that nicotine-containing e-cigarettes helped 20% of people quit with the results from other studies that found nicotine replacement products helps 10% of people quit. A 2016 review found low quality evidence of a trend towards benefit of e-cigarettes with nicotine for smoking cessation. In terms of whether flavored e-cigarettes assisted quitting smoking, the evidence is inconclusive. Tentative evidence indicates that health warnings on vaping products may influence users to give up vaping.
As of 2020, the efficacy and safety of vaping for quitting smoking during pregnancy was unknown. No research is available to provide details on the efficacy of vaping for quitting smoking during pregnancy. There is robust evidence that vaping is not effective for quitting smoking among adolescents. In view of the shortage of evidence, vaping is not recommend for cancer patients, although for all patients vaping is likely less dangerous than smoking cigarettes. The effectiveness of vaping for quitting smoking among vulnerable groups is uncertain.
Safety
Main article: Health effects of electronic cigarettes Further information: Composition of electronic cigarette aerosolThere is no consensus on the risks of e-cigarette use. There is little data about their safety, and a considerable variety of liquids are used as carriers, and thus are present in the aerosol delivered to the user. Reviews of the safety of e-cigarettes have reached quite different conclusions. A 2014 WHO report cautioned about potential risks of using e-cigarettes. Regulated US FDA products such as nicotine inhalers may be safer than e-cigarettes, but e-cigarettes are generally seen as safer than combusted tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigars.
The risk of early death is anticipated to be similar to that of smokeless tobacco. Since vapor does not contain tobacco and does not involve combustion, users may avoid several harmful constituents usually found in tobacco smoke, such as ash, tar, and carbon monoxide. However, e-cigarette use with or without nicotine cannot be considered risk-free because the long-term effects of e-cigarette use are unknown.
The cytotoxicity of e-liquids varies, and contamination with various chemicals have been detected in the liquid. Metal parts of e-cigarettes in contact with the e-liquid can contaminate it with metal particles. Many chemicals including carbonyl compounds such as formaldehyde can inadvertently be produced when the nichrome wire (heating element) that touches the e-liquid is heated and chemically reacted with the liquid. Normal usage of e-cigarettes, and reduced voltage (3.0 V) devices generate very low levels of formaldehyde.
The later-generation and "tank-style" e-cigarettes with a higher voltage (5.0 V) may generate equal or higher levels of formaldehyde compared to smoking. A 2015 report by Public Health England found that high levels of formaldehyde only occurred in overheated "dry-puffing". Users detect the "dry puff" (also known as a "dry hit") and avoid it, and they concluded that "There is no indication that EC users are exposed to dangerous levels of aldehydes." However, e-cigarette users may "learn" to overcome the unpleasant taste due to elevated aldehyde formation, when the nicotine craving is high enough.
Another common chemical found in e-cigarettes is ketene. When it enters the lungs after inhaled, this chemical causes damage to the cellular structure of lung tissue causing the cells to not function at maximum capacity and not absorb gasses as readily. This can cause shortness of breath which can lead to other health conditions such as tachycardia and respiratory failure. E-cigarette users who use devices that contain nicotine are exposed to its potentially harmful effects.
Nicotine is associated with cardiovascular disease, possible birth defects, and poisoning. In vitro studies of nicotine have associated it with cancer, but carcinogenicity has not been demonstrated in vivo. There is inadequate research to show that nicotine is associated with cancer in humans. The risk is probably low from the inhalation of propylene glycol and glycerin. No information is available on the long-term effects of the inhalation of flavors.
In October 2021, researchers at Johns Hopkins University reported over 2,000 unknown chemicals in the vape clouds that they tested from Vuse, Juul, Blu and Mi-Salt vape devices.
In 2019–2020, there was an outbreak of vaping-related lung illness in the US and Canada, primarily related to vaping THC with vitamin E acetate.
E-cigarettes create vapor that consists of fine and ultrafine particles of particulate matter, with the majority of particles in the ultrafine range. The vapor have been found to contain propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, flavors, small amounts of toxicants, carcinogens, and heavy metals, as well as metal nanoparticles, and other substances. Many carcinogenic compounds have been detected in e-cigarettes, such as N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN), N-Nitrosoanatabine (NAT), etc., all of which have been proven to be harmful to human health. Exactly what the vapor consists of varies in composition and concentration across and within manufacturers, and depends on the contents of the liquid, the physical and electrical design of the device, and user behavior, among other factors.
E-cigarette vapor potentially contains harmful chemicals not found in tobacco smoke. The majority of toxic chemicals found in cigarette smoke are absent in e-cigarette vapor. E-cigarette vapor contains lower concentrations of potentially toxic chemicals than with cigarette smoke. Those which are present, are mostly below 1% of the corresponding levels permissible by workplace safety standards. But workplace safety standards do not recognize exposure to certain vulnerable groups such as people with medical ailments, children, and infants who may be exposed to second-hand vapor.
Concern exists that some of the mainstream vapor exhaled by e-cigarette users may be inhaled by bystanders, particularly indoors, although e-cigarette pollutant levels are much lower than for cigarettes and likely to pose a much lower risk, if any, compared to cigarettes. E-cigarette use by a parent might lead to inadvertent health risks to offspring. A 2014 review recommended that e-cigarettes should be regulated for consumer safety. There is limited information available on the environmental issues around production, use, and disposal of e-cigarettes that use cartridges. E-cigarettes that are not reusable may contribute to the problem of electronic waste.
Addiction
Further information: Effects of electronic cigarettes on human brain developmentNicotine, a key ingredient in most e-liquids, is well-recognized as one of the most addictive substances, as addictive as heroin and cocaine. Addiction is believed to be a disorder of experience-dependent brain plasticity. The reinforcing effects of nicotine play a significant role in the beginning and continuing use of the drug. First-time nicotine users develop a dependence about 32% of the time. Chronic nicotine use involves both psychological and physical dependence. Nicotine-containing e-cigarette vapor induces addiction-related neurochemical, physiological and behavioral changes. Nicotine affects neurological, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, immunological and gastrointestinal systems.
Neuroplasticity within the brain's reward system occurs as a result of long-term nicotine use, leading to nicotine dependence. The neurophysiological activities that are the basis of nicotine dependence are intricate. It includes genetic components, age, gender, and the environment. Nicotine addiction is a disorder which alters different neural systems such as dopaminergic, glutamatergic, GABAergic, serotoninergic, that take part in reacting to nicotine. Long-term nicotine use affects a broad range of genes associated with neurotransmission, signal transduction, and synaptic architecture. The ability to quitting smoking is affected by genetic factors, including genetically based differences in the way nicotine is metabolized.
Nicotine is a parasympathomimetic stimulant that binds to and activates nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain, which subsequently causes the release of dopamine and other neurotransmitters, such as norepinephrine, acetylcholine, serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid, glutamate, endorphins, and several neuropeptides, including proopiomelanocortin-derived α-MSH and adrenocorticotropic hormone. Corticotropin-releasing factor, Neuropeptide Y, orexins, and norepinephrine are involved in nicotine addiction. Continuous exposure to nicotine can cause an increase in the number of nicotinic receptors, which is believed to be a result of receptor desensitization and subsequent receptor upregulation.
Long-term exposure to nicotine can also result in downregulation of glutamate transporter 1. Long-term nicotine exposure upregulates cortical nicotinic receptors, but it also lowers the activity of the nicotinic receptors in the cortical vasodilation region. These effects are not easily understood. With constant use of nicotine, tolerance occurs at least partially as a result of the development of new nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain.
After several months of nicotine abstinence, the number of receptors go back to normal. The extent to which alterations in the brain caused by nicotine use are reversible is not fully understood. Nicotine also stimulates nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the adrenal medulla, resulting in increased levels of epinephrine and beta-endorphin. Its physiological effects stem from the stimulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which are located throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems.
When nicotine intake stops, the upregulated nicotinic acetylcholine receptors induce withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms can include cravings for nicotine, anger, irritability, anxiety, depression, impatience, trouble sleeping, restlessness, hunger, weight gain, and difficulty concentrating. When trying to quit smoking with vaping a base containing nicotine, symptoms of withdrawal can include irritability, restlessness, poor concentration, anxiety, depression, and hunger. The changes in the brain cause a nicotine user to feel abnormal when not using nicotine. In order to feel normal, the user has to keep his or her body supplied with nicotine. E-cigarettes may reduce cigarette craving and withdrawal symptoms.
It is not clear whether e-cigarette use will decrease or increase overall nicotine addiction, but the nicotine content in e-cigarettes is adequate to sustain nicotine dependence. Chronic nicotine use causes a broad range of neuroplastic adaptations, making quitting hard to accomplish. A 2015 study found that users vaping non-nicotine e-liquid exhibited signs of dependence. Experienced users tend to take longer puffs which may result in higher nicotine intake. It is difficult to assess the impact of nicotine dependence from e-cigarette use because of the wide range of e-cigarette products. The addiction potential of e-cigarettes may have risen because as they have progressed, they have delivered nicotine better.
A 2015 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement stressed "the potential for these products to addict a new generation of youth to nicotine and reverse more than 50 years of public health gains in tobacco control." The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about starting nicotine use among non-smokers, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse said e-cigarettes could maintain nicotine addiction in those who are attempting to quit. The limited available data suggests that the likelihood of excessive use of e-cigarettes is smaller than traditional cigarettes. No long-term studies have been done on the effectiveness of e-cigarettes in treating tobacco addiction, but some evidence suggests that dual use of e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes may be associated with greater nicotine dependence.
There is concern that children may progress from vaping to smoking. Adolescents are likely to underestimate nicotine's addictiveness. Vulnerability to the brain-modifying effects of nicotine, along with youthful experimentation with e-cigarettes, could lead to a lifelong addiction. A long-term nicotine addiction from using a vape may result in using other tobacco products. The majority of addiction to nicotine starts during youth and young adulthood. Adolescents are more likely to become nicotine dependent than adults.
The adolescent brain seems to be particularly sensitive to neuroplasticity as a result of nicotine. Minimal exposure could be enough to produce neuroplastic alterations in the very sensitive adolescent brain. A 2014 review found that in studies up to a third of young people who have not tried a traditional cigarette have used e-cigarettes. The degree to which teens are using e-cigarettes in ways the manufacturers did not intend, such as increasing the nicotine delivery, is unknown, as is the extent to which e-cigarette use may lead to addiction or substance dependence in young people.
Positions
Main article: Positions of medical organizations on electronic cigarettesBecause of overlap with tobacco laws and medical drug policies, e-cigarette legislation is being debated in many countries. The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive came into effect in May 2016, providing stricter regulations for e-cigarettes. In February 2010 the US District Court ruled against the FDA's seizure of E-Cigarettes as a "drug-device" and in December 2010 the US Court of Appeals confirmed them to be tobacco products which were by then subject to regulation under the 2009 FSPTC Act. In August 2016, the US FDA extended its regulatory power to include e-cigarettes, cigars, and "all other tobacco products". Large tobacco companies have greatly increased their marketing efforts.
The scientific community in US and Europe are primarily concerned with their possible effect on public health. There is concern among public health experts that e-cigarettes could renormalize smoking, weaken measures to control tobacco, and serve as a gateway for smoking among young people. The public health community is divided over whether to support e-cigarettes, because their safety and efficacy for quitting smoking is unclear. Many in the public health community acknowledge the potential for their quitting smoking and decreasing harm benefits, but there remains a concern over their long-term safety and potential for a new era of users to get addicted to nicotine and then tobacco. There is concern among tobacco control academics and advocates that prevalent universal vaping "will bring its own distinct but as yet unknown health risks in the same way tobacco smoking did, as a result of chronic exposure", among other things.
Medical organizations differ in their views about the health implications of vaping. There is general agreement that e-cigarettes expose users to fewer toxicants than tobacco cigarettes. Some healthcare groups and policy makers have hesitated to recommend e-cigarettes for quitting smoking, because of limited evidence of effectiveness and safety. Some have advocated bans on e-cigarette sales and others have suggested that e-cigarettes may be regulated as tobacco products but with less nicotine content or be regulated as a medicinal product.
A 2019 World Health Organization (WHO) report found that the scientific evidence "does not support the tobacco industry's claim that these products are less harmful relative to conventional tobacco products" and that there is insufficient evidence to support vaping as a smoking cessation tool. Healthcare organizations in the UK (including the Royal College of Physicians and Public Health England) have encouraged smokers to switch to e-cigarettes or other nicotine replacements if they cannot quit, as this would potentially save millions of lives. The American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and the surgeon general of the United States have cautioned that accumulating evidence indicates e-cigarettes may have negative effects on the heart and lungs and should not be used to quit smoking without sufficient evidence that they are safe and effective.
In 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) stated that "Although ENDS may potentially provide cessation benefits to individual smokers, no ENDS have been approved as effective cessation aids." In 2019 the European Respiratory Society stated that "The long-term effects of ECIG use are unknown, and there is therefore no evidence that ECIGs are safer than tobacco in the long term" and that "he tobacco harm reduction strategy is based on well-meaning but incorrect or undocumented claims or assumptions." Following hundreds of possible cases of severe lung illness and five confirmed deaths associated with vaping in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated on 6 September 2019 that people should consider not using vaping products while their investigation is ongoing.
History
It is commonly stated that the modern e-cigarette was invented in 2003 by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik, but tobacco companies had been developing nicotine aerosol generation devices since as early as 1963.
Early prototypes and barriers to entry: 1920s–1990s
In 1927, Joseph Robinson applied for a patent for an electronic vaporizer to be used with medicinal compounds. The patent was approved in 1930 but the device was never marketed. In 1930, the United States Patent and Trademark Office reported a patent stating, "for holding medicinal compounds which are electrically or otherwise heated to produce vapors for inhalation." In 1934 and 1936, further similar patents were applied for.
The earliest e-cigarette can be traced to American Herbert A. Gilbert. In 1963, Gilbert applied for a patent for "a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" that involved "replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air". This device produced flavored steam without nicotine. The patent was granted in 1965. Gilbert's invention was ahead of its time. However, it received little attention and was never commercialized because smoking was still fashionable at that time. Gilbert said in 2013 that today's electric cigarettes follow the basic design set forth in his original patent.
The Favor cigarette, introduced in 1986 by public company Advanced Tobacco Products, was another early noncombustible product promoted as an alternative nicotine-containing tobacco product. Favor was conceptualized by Phil Ray, one of the founders of Datapoint Corporation and inventors of the microprocessor. Development started in 1979 by Phil Ray and Norman Jacobson. Favor was a "plastic, smoke-free product shaped and colored like a conventional cigarette that contained a filter paper soaked with liquid nicotine so users could draw a small dose by inhaling. There was no electricity, combustion, or smoke; it delivered only nicotine."
Favor cigarettes were sold in California and several Southwestern states, marketed as "an alternative to smokers, and only to smokers, to use where smoking is unacceptable or prohibited." In 1987, the FDA exercised jurisdiction over products analogous to E-Cigarettes. Advanced Tobacco Products never challenged the Warning Letter and ceased all distribution of Favor. Ray's wife Brenda Coffee coined the term vaping. Philip Morris' division NuMark, launched in 2013 the MarkTen e-cigarette that Philip Morris had been working on since 1990.
Modern electronic cigarette: 2000s
Despite these earlier efforts, Hon Lik, a Chinese pharmacist and inventor, who worked as a research pharmacist for a company producing ginseng products, is frequently credited with the invention of the modern e-cigarette. Hon quit smoking after his father, also a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer. In 2001, he thought of using a high frequency, piezoelectric ultrasound-emitting element to vaporize a pressurized jet of liquid containing nicotine. This design creates a smoke-like vapor. Hon said that using resistance heating obtained better results and the difficulty was to scale down the device to a small enough size. Hon's invention was intended to be an alternative to smoking. Hon Lik sees the e-cigarette as comparable to the "digital camera taking over from the analogue camera." Ultimately, Hon Lik did not quit smoking. He is now a dual user, both smoking and vaping.
Hon Lik registered a patent for the modern e-cigarette design in 2003. Hon is credited with developing the first commercially successful electronic cigarette. The e-cigarette was first introduced to the Chinese domestic market in 2004. Many versions made their way to the US, sold mostly over the Internet by small marketing firms. E-cigarettes entered the European market and the US market in 2006 and 2007. The company that Hon worked for, Golden Dragon Holdings, registered an international patent in November 2007. The company changed its name to Ruyan (如烟, literally "like smoke") later the same month, and started exporting its products.
Many US and Chinese e-cigarette makers copied his designs illegally, so Hon has not received much financial reward for his invention (although some US manufacturers have compensated him through out-of-court settlements). Ruyan later changed its company name to Dragonite International Limited. As of 2014, most e-cigarettes used a battery-powered heating element rather than the earlier ultrasonic technology design.
Initially, their performance did not meet the expectations of users. The e-cigarette continued to evolve from the first-generation three-part device. In 2007, British entrepreneurs Umer and Tariq Sheikh invented the cartomizer. This is a mechanism that integrates the heating coil into the liquid chamber. They launched this new device in the UK in 2008 under their Gamucci brand and the design is now widely adopted by most "cigalike" brands. Other users tinkered with various parts to produce more satisfactory homemade devices, and the hobby of "modding" was born. The first mod to replace the e-cigarette's case to accommodate a longer-lasting battery, dubbed the "screwdriver", was developed by Ted and Matt Rogers in 2008. Other enthusiasts built their own mods to improve functionality or aesthetics. When pictures of mods appeared at online vaping forums many people wanted them, so some mod makers produced more for sale.
In 2008, a consumer created an e-cigarette called the screwdriver. The device generated a lot of interest back then, as it let the user to vape for hours at one time. The invention led to demand for customizable e-cigarettes, prompting manufacturers to produce devices with interchangeable components that could be selected by the user. In 2009, Joyetech developed the eGo series which offered the power of the screwdriver model and a user-activated switch to a wide market. The clearomizer was invented in 2009. Originating from the cartomizer design, it contained the wicking material, an e-liquid chamber, and an atomizer coil within a single clear component. The clearomizer allows the user to monitor the liquid level in the device. Soon after the clearomizer reached the market, replaceable atomizer coils and variable voltage batteries were introduced. Clearomizers and eGo batteries became the best-selling customizable e-cigarette components in early 2012.
International growth: 2010s – present
Tobacco company | Subsidiary company | Electronic cigarette |
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Imperial Tobacco | Fontem Ventures and Dragonite | Puritane blu eCigs |
British American Tobacco | CN Creative and Nicoventures | Vype |
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | R. J. Reynolds Vapor Company | Vuse |
Altria | Nu Mark, LLC | MarkTen, Green Smoke |
Acquired a 35% stake in Juul Labs. | ||
Japan Tobacco International | Ploom | E-lites Logic |
International tobacco companies dismissed e-cigarettes as a fad at first. However, recognizing the development of a potential new market sector that could render traditional tobacco products obsolete, they began to produce and market their own brands of e-cigarettes and acquire existing e-cigarette companies. They bought the largest e-cigarette companies. blu eCigs, a prominent US e-cigarette manufacturer, was acquired by Lorillard Inc. for $135 million in April 2012.
British American Tobacco was the first tobacco business to sell e-cigarettes in the UK. They launched the e-cigarette Vype in July 2013, while Imperial Tobacco's Fontem Ventures acquired the intellectual property owned by Hon Lik through Dragonite International Limited for $US 75 million in 2013 and launched Puritane in partnership with Boots UK. On 1 October 2013 Lorillard Inc. acquired another e-cigarette company, this time the UK based company SKYCIG. SKY was rebranded as blu.
On 3 February 2014, Altria Group, Inc. acquired popular e-cigarette brand Green Smoke for $110 million. The deal was finalized in April 2014 for $110 million with $20 million in incentive payments. Altria also markets its own e-cigarette, the MarkTen, while Reynolds American has entered the sector with its Vuse product. Philip Morris, the world's largest tobacco company, purchased UK's Nicocigs in June 2014. On 30 April 2015, Japan Tobacco bought the US Logic e-cigarette brand. Japan Tobacco also bought the UK E-Lites brand in June 2014. On 15 July 2014, Lorillard sold blu to Imperial Tobacco as part of a deal for $7.1 billion. As of 2018, 95% of e-cigarettes were made in China.
In the UK, where most vaping uses refillable sets and e-liquid, there is now support from the National Health Service, and other medical bodies now embrace the use of e-cigarettes as a viable way to quit smoking. This has contributed to record numbers of people vaping, with estimated 3.6 million in 2019, 3.2 million in 2020, rising to 3.6 million in 2021. Current vapers being 2.2 million as of 2024.
Society and culture
"Vaper" redirects here. Not to be confused with Vapor.Consumers have shown passionate support for e-cigarettes that other nicotine replacement products did not receive. They have a mass appeal that could challenge combustible tobacco's market position.
By 2013, a subculture had emerged calling itself "the vaping community". Members often see e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to smoking, and some view it as a hobby. The online forum E-Cig-Reviews.com was one of the first major communities. It and other online forums, such as UKVaper.org, were where the hobby of modding started. There are also groups on Facebook and Reddit. Online forums based around modding have grown in the vaping community.
Vapers embrace activities associated with e-cigarettes and sometimes evangelise for them. E-cigarette companies have a substantial online presence, and there are many individual vapers who blog and tweet about e-cigarette related products. A 2014 Postgraduate Medical Journal editorial said vapers "also engage in grossly offensive online attacks on anyone who has the temerity to suggest that ENDS are anything other than an innovation that can save thousands of lives with no risks".
Contempt for Big Tobacco is part of vaping culture. A 2014 review stated that tobacco and e-cigarette companies interact with consumers for their policy agenda. The companies use websites, social media, and marketing to get consumers involved in opposing bills that include e-cigarettes in smoke-free laws. This is similar to tobacco industry activity going back to the 1980s. These approaches were used in Europe to minimize the EU Tobacco Products Directive in October 2013. Grassroots lobbying also influenced the Tobacco Products Directive decision. Tobacco companies have worked with organizations conceived to promote e-cigarette use, and these organizations have worked to hamper legislation intended at restricting e-cigarette use.
Large gatherings of vapers, called vape meets, take place around the US. They focus on e-cigarette devices, accessories, and the lifestyle that accompanies them. Vapefest, which started in 2010, is an annual show hosted by different cities. People attending these meetings are usually enthusiasts that use specialized, community-made products not found in convenience stores or gas stations. These products are mostly available online or in dedicated "vape" storefronts where mainstream e-cigarettes brands from the tobacco industry and larger e-cig manufacturers are not as popular. Some vape shops have a vape bar where patrons can test out different e-liquids and socialize. The Electronic Cigarette Convention in North America which started in 2013, is an annual show where companies and consumers meet up.
A subclass of vapers configure their atomizers to produce large amounts of vapor by using low-resistance heating coils. This practice is called "cloud-chasing". By using a coil with very low resistance, the batteries are stressed to a potentially unsafe extent. This could present a risk of dangerous battery failures. As vaping comes under increased scrutiny, some members of the vaping community have voiced their concerns about cloud-chasing, stating the practice gives vapers a bad reputation when doing it in public. The Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year for 2014 was "vape".
Regulation
Main articles: Regulation of electronic cigarettes and List of vaping bans in the United StatesRegulation of e-cigarettes varies across countries and states, ranging from no regulation to banning them entirely. For instance, e-cigarettes containing nicotine are illegal in Japan, forcing the market to use heated tobacco products for cigarette alternatives. Others have introduced strict restrictions and some have licensed devices as medicines such as in the UK. However, as of February 2018, there is no e-cigarette device that has been given a medical license that is commercially sold or available by prescription in the UK. As of 2015, around two thirds of major nations have regulated e-cigarettes in some way.
Because of the potential relationship with tobacco laws and medical drug policies, e-cigarette legislation is being debated in many countries. The companies that make e-cigarettes have been pushing for laws that support their interests. In 2016 the US Department of Transportation banned the use of e-cigarettes on commercial flights. This regulation applies to all flights to and from the US. In 2018, the Royal College of Physicians asked that a balance is found in regulations over e-cigarettes that ensure product safety while encouraging smokers to use them instead of tobacco, as well as keep an eye on any effects contrary to the control agencies for tobacco.
The legal status of e-cigarettes is currently pending in many countries. Many countries such as Brazil, Singapore, Uruguay, and India have banned e-cigarettes. Canada-wide in 2014, they were technically illegal to sell, as no nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are not regulated by Health Canada, but this is generally unenforced and they are commonly available for sale Canada-wide. In 2016, Health Canada announced plans to regulate vaping products. In the US and the UK, the use and sale to adults of e-cigarettes are legal. The revised EU Tobacco Products Directive came into effect in May 2016, providing stricter regulations for e-cigarettes. It limits e-cigarette advertising in print, on television and radio, along with reducing the level of nicotine in liquids and reducing the flavors used. It does not ban vaping in public places. It requires the purchaser for e-cigarettes to be at least 18 and does not permit buying them for anyone less than 18 years of age. The updated Tobacco Products Directive has been disputed by tobacco lobbyists whose businesses could be impacted by these revisions.
As of 8 August 2016, the US FDA extended its regulatory power to include e-cigarettes, e-liquid and all related products. Under this ruling the FDA will evaluate certain issues, including ingredients, product features and health risks, as well their appeal to minors and non-users. The FDA rule also bans access to minors. A photo ID is now required to buy e-cigarettes, and their sale in all-ages vending machines is not permitted in the US. As of August 2017, regulatory compliance deadlines relating to premarket review requirements for most e-cigarette and e-liquid products have been extended from November 2017 to 8 August 2022, which attracted a lawsuit filed by the American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and other plaintiffs.
In May 2016, the US FDA used its authority under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act to deem e-cigarette devices and e-liquids to be tobacco products, which meant it intended to regulate the marketing, labelling, and manufacture of devices and liquids; vape shops that mix e-liquids or make or modify devices were considered manufacturing sites that needed to register with US FDA and comply with good manufacturing practice regulation. E-cigarette and tobacco companies have recruited lobbyists in an effort to prevent the US FDA from evaluating e-cigarette products or banning existing products already on the market.
In February 2014, the European Parliament passed regulations requiring standardization and quality control for liquids and vaporizers, disclosure of ingredients in liquids, and child-proofing and tamper-proofing for liquid packaging. In April 2014 the US FDA published proposed regulations for e-cigarettes. In the US some states tax e-cigarettes as tobacco products, and some state and regional governments have broadened their indoor smoking bans to include e-cigarettes. As of April 2017, 12 US states and 615 localities had prohibited the use of e-cigarettes in venues in which traditional cigarette smoking was prohibited. In 2015, at least 48 states and 2 territories had banned e-cigarette sales to minors.
In November 2020, the New Zealand government passed a vaping regulation that requires vape stores to register as specialist vape retailers before they can sell e-cigarettes, the wider range of flavoured e-liquids, and other related vaping products. Vaping products are required to be notified by the government before they can be sold to ensure that the products are following safety requirements and ingredients in liquids do not contain prohibited substances.
E-cigarettes containing nicotine have been listed as drug delivery devices in a number of countries, and the marketing of such products has been restricted or put on hold until safety and efficacy clinical trials are conclusive. Since they do not contain tobacco, television advertising in the US is not restricted. Some countries have regulated e-cigarettes as a medical product even though they have not approved them as a smoking cessation aid. A 2014 review stated the emerging phenomenon of e-cigarettes has raised concerns in the health community, governments, and the general public and recommended that e-cigarettes should be regulated to protect consumers. It added, "heavy regulation by restricting access to e-cigarettes would just encourage continuing use of much unhealthier tobacco smoking." A 2014 review said regulation of the e-cigarette should be considered on the basis of reported adverse health effects.
Criticism of vaping bans
Critics of vaping bans state that vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking tobacco products and that vaping bans incentivize people to return to smoking cigarettes. For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking." Additionally, San Francisco's chief economist, Ted Egan, when discussing the San Francisco vaping ban stated the city's ban on e-cigarette sales will increase smoking as vapers switch to combustible cigarettes. Critics of smoking bans stress the absurdity of criminalizing the sale of a safer alternative to tobacco while tobacco continues to be legal. Prominent proponents of smoking bans are not in favor of criminalizing tobacco either, but rather allowing consumers to have the choice to choose whatever products they desire.
In 2022, after two years of review, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied Juul's application to keep its tobacco and menthol flavored vaping products on the market. Critics of this denial note that research published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research found that smokers who transitioned to Juuls in North America were significantly more likely to switch to vaping than those in the United Kingdom who only had access to lower-strength nicotine products. This happens as the Biden administration seeks to mandate low-nicotine cigarettes which, critics note, is not what makes cigarettes dangerous. They also note that vaping does not contain many of the components that make smoking dangerous such as the combustion process and certain chemicals that are present in cigarettes that are not present in vape products.
Product liability
Multiple reports from the U.S. Fire Administration conclude that electronic cigarettes have been combusting and injuring people and surrounding areas. The composition of a cigarette is the cause of this, as the cartridges that are meant to contain the liquid mixture are in such close proximity to the battery. A research report by the U.S. Fire Administration supports this, stating that, "Unlike mobile phones, some e-cigarette lithium-ion batteries within e-cigarettes offer no protection to stop the coil overheating".
In 2015, the U.S. Fire Administration noted in their report that electronic cigarettes are not created by Big Tobacco or other tobacco companies, but by independent factories that have little quality control. Because of this low quality control when made, electronic cigarettes have led to incidents in which people are hurt, or in which the surrounding area is damaged.
Marketing
Main article: Electronic cigarette and e-cigarette liquid marketingThey are marketed to men, women, and children as being safer than traditional cigarettes. They are also marketed to non-smokers. E-cigarette marketing is common. There are growing concerns that e-cigarette advertising campaigns unjustifiably focus on young adults, adolescents, and women. Large tobacco companies have greatly increased their marketing efforts. This marketing trend may expand the use of e-cigarettes and contribute to re-glamorizing smoking. Some companies may use e-cigarette advertising to advocate smoking, deliberately, or inadvertently, is an area of concern. A 2014 review said, "the e-cigarette companies have been rapidly expanding using aggressive marketing messages similar to those used to promote cigarettes in the 1950s and 1960s."
E-cigarette companies are using methods that were once used by the tobacco industry to persuade young people to start using cigarettes. E-cigarettes are promoted to a certain extent to forge a vaping culture that entices non-smokers. Themes in e-cigarette marketing, including sexual content and customer satisfaction, are parallel to themes and techniques that are appealing to young people and young adults in traditional cigarette advertising and promotion. A 2017 review found "The tobacco industry sees a future where ENDS accompany and perpetuate, rather than supplant, tobacco use, especially targeting the youth." E-cigarettes and nicotine are regularly promoted as safe and even healthy in the media and on brand websites, which is an area of concern.
While advertising of tobacco products is banned in most countries, television and radio e-cigarette advertising in several countries may be indirectly encouraging traditional cigarette use. E-cigarette advertisements are also in magazines, newspapers, online, and in retail stores. Between 2010 and 2014, e-cigarettes were second only to cigarettes as the top advertised product in magazines. As cigarette companies have acquired the largest e-cigarette brands, they currently benefit from a dual market of smokers and e-cigarette users while simultaneously presenting themselves as agents of harm reduction. This raises concerns about the appropriateness of endorsing a product that directly profits the tobacco industry. There is no evidence that the cigarette brands are selling e-cigarettes as part of a plan to phase out traditional cigarettes, despite some stating to want to cooperate in "harm reduction". E-cigarette advertising for using e-cigarettes as a quitting tool have been seen in the US, UK, and China, which have not been supported by regulatory bodies.
In the US, six large e-cigarette businesses spent $59.3 million on promoting e-cigarettes in 2013. In the US and Canada, over $2 million is spent yearly on promoting e-cigarettes online. E-cigarette websites often made unscientific health statements in 2012. The ease to get past the age verification system at e-cigarette company websites allows underage individuals to access and be exposed to marketing. Around half of e-cigarette company websites have a minimum age notice that prohibited underage individuals from entering.
Celebrity endorsements are used to encourage e-cigarette use. A 2012 national US television advertising campaign for e-cigarettes starred Stephen Dorff exhaling a "thick flume" of what the advertisement describes as "vapor, not tobacco smoke", exhorting smokers with the message "We are all adults here, it's time to take our freedom back." Opponents of the tobacco industry state that the Blu advertisement, in a context of longstanding prohibition of tobacco advertising on television, seems to have resorted to advertising tactics that got former generations of people in the US addicted to traditional cigarettes. Cynthia Hallett of Americans for Non-Smokers' Rights described the US advertising campaign as attempting to "re-establish a norm that smoking is okay, that smoking is glamorous and acceptable".
University of Pennsylvania communications professor Joseph Cappella stated that the setting of the advertisement near an ocean was meant to suggest an association of clean air with the nicotine product. In 2012 and 2013, e-cigarette companies advertised to a large television audience in the US which included 24 million young people. The channels to which e-cigarette advertising reached the largest numbers of young people (ages 12–17) were AMC, Country Music Television, Comedy Central, WGN America, TV Land, and VH1.
Since at least 2007, e-cigarettes have been heavily promoted across media outlets globally. They are vigorously advertised, mostly through the Internet, as a safe substitute to traditional cigarettes, among other things. E-cigarette companies promote their e-cigarette products on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. They are promoted on YouTube by movies with sexual material and music icons, who encourage minors to "take their freedom back." They have partnered with a number of sports and music icons to promote their products. Tobacco companies intensely market e-cigarettes to young people, with industry strategies including cartoon characters and candy flavors. Fruit flavored e-liquid is the most commonly marketed e-liquid flavor on social media.
E-cigarette companies commonly promote that their products contain only water, nicotine, glycerin, propylene glycol, and flavoring but this assertion is misleading as researchers have found differing amounts of heavy metals in the vapor, including chromium, nickel, tin, silver, cadmium, mercury, and aluminum. The widespread assertion that e-cigarettes emit "only water vapor" is not true because the evidence demonstrates e-cigarette vapor contains possibly harmful chemicals such as nicotine, carbonyls, metals, and volatile organic compounds, in addition to particulate matter. Massive advertising included the assertion that they would present little risk to non-users. However, "disadvantages and side effects have been reported in many articles, and the unfavorable effects of its secondhand vapor have been demonstrated in many studies", and evidence indicates that use of e-cigarettes degrades indoor air quality.
Many e-cigarette companies market their products as a smoking cessation aid without evidence of effectiveness. E-cigarette marketing has been found to make unsubstantiated health statements (e.g., that they help one quit smoking) including statements about improving psychiatric symptoms, which may be particularly appealing to smokers with mental illness. E-cigarette marketing advocate weight control and emphasize use of nicotine with many flavors. These marketing angles could particularly entice overweight people, young people, and vulnerable groups. Some e-cigarette companies state that their products are green without supporting evidence which may be purely to increase their sales.
Economics
The number of e-cigarettes sold increased every year from 2003 to 2014. In 2015 a slowdown in the growth in usage occurred in the US. As of January 2018, the growth in usage in the UK has slowed down since 2013. As of 2014, there were at least 466 e-cigarette brands. Worldwide e-cigarette sales in 2014 were around US$7 billion. Worldwide e-cigarette sales in 2019 were about $19.3 billion. E-cigarette sales could exceed traditional cigarette sales by 2023. Approximately 30–50% of total e-cigarettes sales are handled on the internet. Established tobacco companies have a significant share of the e-cigarette market.
As of 2018, 95% of e-cigarette devices were made in China, mainly in Shenzhen. Chinese companies' market share of e-liquid is low. In 2014, online and offline sales started to increase. Since combustible cigarettes are relatively inexpensive in China a lower price may not be a large factor in marketing vaping products over there.
In 2015, 80% of all e-cigarette sales in convenience stores in the US were products made by tobacco companies. According to Nielsen Holdings, convenience store e-cigarette sales in the US went down for the first time during the four-week period ending on 10 May 2014. Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog attributes this decline to a shift in consumers' behavior, buying more specialized devices or what she calls "vapors-tanks-mods (VTMs)" that are not tracked by Nielsen. Wells Fargo estimated that VTMs accounted for 57% of the 3.5 billion dollar market in the US for vapor products in 2015.
In 2014, dollar sales of customizable e-cigarettes and e-liquid surpassed sales of cigalikes in the US, even though, overall, customizables are a less expensive vaping option. In 2014, the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association estimated that there were 35,000 vape shops in the US, more than triple the number a year earlier. However the 2015 slowdown in market growth affected VTMs as well.
Large tobacco retailers are leading the cigalike market. "We saw the market's sudden recognition that the cigarette industry seems to be in serious trouble, disrupted by the rise of vaping," Mad Money's Jim Cramer stated April 2018. "Over the course of three short days, the tobacco stocks were bent, they were spindled and they were mutilated by the realization that electronic cigarettes have become a serious threat to the old-school cigarette makers," he added. In 2019, a vaping industry organization released a report stating that a possible US ban on e-cigarettes flavors can potentially effect greater than 150,000 jobs around the US.
The leading seller in the e-cigarette market in the US is the Juul e-cigarette, which was introduced in June 2015. As of August 2018, Juul accounts for over 72% of the US e-cigarette market monitored by Nielsen, and its closest competitor—RJ Reynolds' Vuse—makes up less than 10% of the market. Juul rose to popularity quickly, growing by 700% in 2016 alone. On 17 July 2018 Reynolds announced it will debut in August 2018 a pod mod type device similar Juul. The popularity of the Juul pod system has led to a flood of other pod devices hitting the market.
In Canada, e-cigarettes had an estimated value of 140 million CAD in 2015. There are numerous e-cigarette retail shops in Canada. A 2014 audit of retailers in four Canadian cities found that 94% of grocery stores, convenience stores, and tobacconist shops which sold e-cigarettes sold nicotine-free varieties only, while all vape shops stocked at least one nicotine-containing product.
By 2015, the e-cigarette market had only reached a twentieth of the size of the tobacco market in the UK. In the UK in 2015 the "most prominent brands of cigalikes" were owned by tobacco companies, however, with the exception of one model, all the tank types came from "non-tobacco industry companies". Yet some tobacco industry products, while using prefilled cartridges, resemble tank models.
France's e-cigarette market was estimated by Groupe Xerfi to be €130 million in 2015. Additionally, France's e-liquid market was estimated at €265 million. In December 2015, there were 2,400 vape shops in France, 400 fewer than in March of the same year. Industry organization Fivape said the reduction was due to consolidation, not to reduced demand.
In Vietnam, the e-cigarette market is growing rapidly, with the use rate increasing 18 times from 2015 to 2020. The use rate of e-cigarettes in adolescents aged 13–15 is 3.5%, up 1.6% from 2019. According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), the global economic losses caused by tobacco each year are $1.4 trillion. Economic losses caused by tobacco are estimated to account for 1% of GDP. The Vietnamese government is making efforts to control the e-cigarette market. However, here are still many challenges to be addressed, such as consumer's lack of understanding of the harm of e-cigarettes, unclear legal regulations, and fierce competition from imported e-cigarette products.
Environmental impact
Main article: Environmental impact of electronic cigarettesCompared to traditional cigarettes, reusable e-cigarettes do not create waste and potential litter from every use in the form of discarded cigarette butts. Traditional cigarettes tend to end up in the ocean where they cause pollution, though once discarded they undergo biodegradation and photodegradation. Although some brands have begun recycling services for their e-cigarette cartridges and batteries, the prevalence of recycling is unknown.
E-cigarettes that are not reusable contribute to the problem of electronic waste, which can create a hazard for people and other organisms. If improperly disposed of, they can release heavy metals, nicotine, and other chemicals from batteries and unused e-liquid. A July 2018–April 2019 garbology study found e-cigarette products composed 19% of the waste from all traditional and electronic tobacco and cannabis products collected at 12 public high schools in Northern California.
Councils in England and Wales are pushing for a 2024 ban on single-use vapes due to environmental and health risks, as 1.3 million are thrown away weekly. Recycling challenges, waste issues, and fire hazards are cited. Concerns about youth vaping are also raised. The UK Vaping Industry Association defends disposables as quitting aids but warns of potential black market products if banned.
Related technologies
Other devices to deliver inhaled nicotine have been developed. They aim to mimic the ritual and behavioral aspects of traditional cigarettes.
British American Tobacco, through their subsidiary Nicoventures, licensed a nicotine delivery system based on existing asthma inhaler technology from UK-based healthcare company Kind Consumer. In September 2014 a product based on this named Voke obtained approval from the United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
In 2011, Philip Morris International bought the rights to a nicotine pyruvate technology developed by Jed Rose at Duke University. The technology is based on the chemical reaction between pyruvic acid and nicotine, which produces an inhalable nicotine pyruvate vapor. Philip Morris Products S.A. created a different kind e-cigarette named P3L. The device is supplied with a cartridge that contains nicotine and lactic acid in different cavities. When turned on and heated, the nicotine salt called nicotine lactate forms an aerosol.
The IQOS is a heated tobacco product marketed by Philip Morris International. It heats tobacco at a lower temperature than traditional cigarettes. The tobacco sticks reach a temperature up to 350 °C. It sold first in Japan since November 2014. In December 2016, the United Tobacco Vapor Group's (UTVG) stated that they have been given a patent for their vaporizing component system. qmos from UTVG does not contain a wick or sponge and the number of components is 5 compared to 20 for traditional e-cigarettes.
Pax Labs has developed vaporizers that heats the leaves of tobacco to deliver nicotine in a vapor. In June 2015, they introduced Juul, a type of e-cigarette which delivers 10 times as much nicotine as other e-cigarettes, equivalent to an actual cigarette puff. Juul was spun off from Pax Labs in June 2017 and is now available by the independent company Juul Labs. The eTron 3T from Vapor Tobacco Manufacturing, launched in December 2014, employs a patented, aqueous system whereby the tobacco is extracted into water. The e-liquid contains organic tobacco, organic glycerin, and water.
In December 2013, Japan Tobacco launched Ploom in Japan. In January 2016, they launched Ploom TECH that produces a vapor from a heated liquid that moves through a capsule of granulated tobacco leaves. In 2016, British American Tobacco (BAT) released its own version of the heat but not burn technology called glo in Japan and Switzerland. It uses tobacco sticks rather than nicotine liquid, and does not directly heat or burn tobacco. Heated tobacco products were first introduced in 1988, but were not a commercial success.
BLOW started selling e-hookahs, an electronic version of the hookah in 2014. The handle of each hose for the e-hookah contains a heating element and a liquid, which produces vapor. Gopal Bhatnagar, based in Toronto, Canada, invented a 3D printed adapter to turn a traditional hookah into an e-hookah. It is used instead of the ceramic bowl that contains shisha tobacco. Rather than the tobacco, users can insert e-cigarettes.
Cannabis vaping
Further information: CBD cigaretteSome vape pens, generally not referred to as "e-cigarettes", contain cannabis derivatives instead of nicotine and tobacco derivatives. Some cannabis pens, known as "dab pens", contain cannabis extracted using butane as solvent ("butane hash oil"). Other vaporizers contain e-liquid made with pure THC, and they generally resemble conventional e-cigarettes. A 2020 study shows that one third of teenagers engaged in conventional, tobacco vaping also engage in THC vaping.
KanaVape is an e-cigarette containing cannabidiol (CBD) and no THC. Several companies including Canada's Eagle Energy Vapor are selling caffeine-based e-cigarettes instead of containing nicotine.
See also
Notes
- Also known as an e-cig, vaporizer, vape pen, hookah pen, e-pipe, or, formally, electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS).
- A 2014 review found "In addition to the uniqueness of the liquid compositions in each brand, inconsistency of both the device performance properties and the data collection methodologies used by researchers contribute to the observed variation in constituent levels and to the range of particle size distributions among products."
- "Most ENDS consist of a rechargeable, battery-operated heating element and a replaceable or refillable cartridge for the e-liquid. An atomizer heats the liquid in the cartridge to convert it into an aerosol, which is then inhaled by the user. Most of these products are rechargeable, but some are disposable."
- "Once again, there is a strong potential for confounding, such that comparisons of dual users with smokers who do not use e-cigarettes will not yield meaningful causal estimates"
- A 2019 review concluded that, "no long term vaping toxicological/safety studies have been done in humans; without these data, saying with certainty that e-cigarettes are safer than combustible cigarettes is impossible."
- Two of the authors of this study received funding from Pfizer, which manufactures nicotine replacement therapy products.
- Since 2016 the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) regulated e-cigarettes under the classification of tobacco products and labeled them as electronic nicotine delivery systems. A 2018 report commissioned by the US FDA decided to use the term e-cigarettes, indicating that for some use e-liquids containing no nicotine.
- "The ACS does not recommend the use of e-cigarettes as a cessation method. No e-cigarette has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a safe and effective cessation product. The long-term risks of exclusive use of e-cigarettes are not fully known but evidence is accumulating that e-cigarette use has negative effects on the cardiovascular system and lungs. Without immediate measures to stop epidemic use of these products, the long-term adverse health effects will increase."
- "Companies should not be able to claim that e-cigarettes are a cessation aid unless they are approved by the FDA for that purpose...There is not yet enough evidence for clinicians to counsel their patients who are using combustible tobacco products to use e-cigarettes as a primary cessation aid. The association will continue to monitor the evidence concerning e-cigarettes as cessation devices to determine whether they might be integrated into comprehensive cessation strategies. For patients with existing cardiovascular disease and stroke, or at risk of a cardiovascular disease event, intensive cessation counseling should be offered as soon as possible."
- Alteria no longer sells e-cigarettes.
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- Media related to Electronic cigarettes at Wikimedia Commons
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