E-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, but they are operated by battery. An atomiser heats a solution of liquid, flavourings, and nicotine that makes a mist that's inhaled.
Using information from the National Youth Tobacco Study, the CDC report found that the percent of students who had ever used e-cigarettes rose from 4.7% in 2011 to 10% in 2012. Ever use also doubled among middle-school students, from 1.4% to 2.7%. Completely, by 2012 more than 1.78 million middle and high school students in the UNITED States had tried e-cigarettes.
The research, published September 6, 2013 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, also found that 76% of current youthful e-cigarette users also smoked cigarettes. Some experts worry that e-cigarettes may encourage kids to try standard cigarettes.
"The primary issue is whether e-cigarettes have the capacity of introducing non-smoking youth to cigarette smoking," said Thomas J. Glynn, PhD, American Cancer Society's manager of cancer science and tendencies and global cancer control. "Will we have new cigarette smokers using this? A very clear message is the fact that we're greatly in need of FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) rules that'll restrict access to e-cigarettes to youth."
The Food And Drug Administration has announced it is taking action to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products, acting under its authority in the Family Smoking-prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. The Food And Drug Administration has the ability to require that e-cigarettes be labeled with their ingredients, so the user is aware of what's in them. Additionally, it may tell producers how they really can promote e-cigarettes. For instance, new regulations could forbid e-cigarette promotion and sale to youth - that's already being done in some states. But such laws aren't yet in place.
According to Glynn, the young brain is more prone to the effects of nicotine than a fully developed mind. Younger a person begins using nicotine, the more vulnerable the consumer will turning into a lifelong smoker. He said more info is required to know whether these youth that are increasingly using e-cigarettes are continuing on to using standard cigarettes.
"E-cigarettes were just invented 10 years ago and released in the UNITED STATES 6 years ago," said Glynn. "We were in the infancy of education about how they're used and what's included."
Using information from the National Youth Tobacco Study, the CDC report found that the percent of students who had ever used e-cigarettes rose from 4.7% in 2011 to 10% in 2012. Ever use also doubled among middle-school students, from 1.4% to 2.7%. Completely, by 2012 more than 1.78 million middle and high school students in the UNITED States had tried e-cigarettes.
The research, published September 6, 2013 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, also found that 76% of current youthful e-cigarette users also smoked cigarettes. Some experts worry that e-cigarettes may encourage kids to try standard cigarettes.
"The primary issue is whether e-cigarettes have the capacity of introducing non-smoking youth to cigarette smoking," said Thomas J. Glynn, PhD, American Cancer Society's manager of cancer science and tendencies and global cancer control. "Will we have new cigarette smokers using this? A very clear message is the fact that we're greatly in need of FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) rules that'll restrict access to e-cigarettes to youth."
The Food And Drug Administration has announced it is taking action to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products, acting under its authority in the Family Smoking-prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. The Food And Drug Administration has the ability to require that e-cigarettes be labeled with their ingredients, so the user is aware of what's in them. Additionally, it may tell producers how they really can promote e-cigarettes. For instance, new regulations could forbid e-cigarette promotion and sale to youth - that's already being done in some states. But such laws aren't yet in place.
According to Glynn, the young brain is more prone to the effects of nicotine than a fully developed mind. Younger a person begins using nicotine, the more vulnerable the consumer will turning into a lifelong smoker. He said more info is required to know whether these youth that are increasingly using e-cigarettes are continuing on to using standard cigarettes.
"E-cigarettes were just invented 10 years ago and released in the UNITED STATES 6 years ago," said Glynn. "We were in the infancy of education about how they're used and what's included."