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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"E-cigarette"”.
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Predictors of Adolescent E-cigarette Use
<p>E-cigarette use among adolescents in the U.S. has recently tripled. Studies suggest that e-cigarettes may be as addictive as conventional cigarettes, and that adolescents may be at particular risk for nicotine addiction, as well as for the neurological, developmental, and behavioral problems …
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The Association Between Emotional Competencies and E-Cigarette Susceptibility
<p>The prevalence of e-cigarette use in young adults rose dramatically in the United States over the past decade. Nonetheless, our understanding of the motives that make young adults more susceptible to e-cigarette use remains limited. Risk factors associated with susceptibility to combustible …
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E-cigarette use in Kuwait: prevalence, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs
The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as a smoking cessation aid or as a permanent replacement for smoking is increasing. The gateway theory states that e-cigarette use might lead to the use of combustible cigarettes by non-smokers, especially by adolescents. The aim of this PhD study was …
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Is implementing a provincial e-cigarette tax associated with a lower likelihood of e-cigarette initiation among high school students? Evaluating the experience in British Columbia using data from the COMPASS study, 2018-2021
… This study evaluated the impact of an e-cigarette tax in British Columbia (BC) on youth e-cigarette use. Methods: This study used repeat cross-sectional and longitudinal samples of students attending high schools in four Canadian provinces in 2018/19 and 2020/21. Results: A …
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The Impact of Chronic E-Cigarette Use on Flow- Mediated Dilation Elicited by a Sustained Shear Stress Stimulus
E-cigarettes, are popular electronic nicotine delivery devices. Acute human, animal and in-vitro models of e-cigarette exposure, have identified significant impairments in vascular endothelial cell (EC) function. The endothelium is a single layer of cells lining the arteries and is crucial to the …
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A cross-sectional pilot study in adolescents to evaluate determinants of health regarding e-cigarette, or vaping, product use
… adolescents believe vaping is the same things as cigarette smoking. This study evaluated adolescent vaping to 1.) tabulate the number of respondents self-reporting to vape regularly, 2.) gauge the age of initiation, 3.) identify trends in attitudes and beliefs regarding the health of common …
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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology thesis portfolio (Clarke : 2015) : Adolescents' views of the electronic cigarette: a new gateway to addiction?
… that there are 2.1 million adult electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users (Action on Smoking and Health, 2014). Introduced to the UK in 2006, ecigarette use has grown rapidly from 700,000 users in 2012 (Kmietowicz, 2014). Given that smoking initiation begins for the most part during …
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Electronic Cigarette Exposure: Inflammatory and Immunological Implications in Structural Lung Cells and the Potential Public Health Consequences
Electronic cigarettes have rapidly become the consumer preferred alternative to tobacco cigarettes, but very little is known about the harms associated with their use. Electronic cigarettes are often proposed as a cessation device from a harm reduction standpoint, but this overlooks the lack of …
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Evaluation and Clinical Implications of Biomarkers of Electronic Cigarette Use
… new nicotine-delivery products called electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes have gained a considerable popularity in the US. Cotinine is a nicotine metabolite excreted with urine and it is a common biomarker used to verify patient’s smoking status in clinical settings. However, cotinine is a …
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems use and advertising among adolescent americans
… or advertising restrictions as traditional cigarettes. The purpose of this research was to investigate the association between exposure to several channels of e-cigarette advertisement and adolescent use of the products. Secondary data were obtained from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco …
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Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes of Young Adults Towards Electronic-cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are deemed to be safer than tobacco cigarettes because they do not contain a number of toxicants and carcinogens that are present in tobacco cigarettes. However, their long-term health effects are unknown. Despite concerns surrounding this, there has been a …
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Identifying vaping hazards through the evaluation of exposure methods and cell culture models for e-liquid mixtures.
… socialization since the introduction of e-cigarettes in the United States tobacco market. In 2007, e-cigarettes were presented as portable vaping devices serving as alternatives to traditional tobacco cigarettes. Due to the evolution of technology and the addition of unique e-liquid …
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THREE ESSAYS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS
… factors and the passage of electronic cigarette regulation. E-cigarettes are controversial products. They may help addicted smokers to consume nicotine in a less harmful manner or to quit tobacco cigarettes entirely, but these products may also entice youth into smoking. This …
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The effect of e-liquids and electronic cigarette vapour extract (ECVE) on key respiratory pathogens
In recent years, e-cigarettes have been marketed as an alternative to cigarette smoking that is less damaging to health. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence to support this assertation that they are a safer alternative to cigarettes. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of …
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Hooked on Nico-Teen: The Youth Vaping Epidemic
… transformed with the boom of electronic cigarettes. Although these devices initially hit the market as a safe alternative to cigarettes that would help current smokers to quit, the product quickly spread to middle and high school students. Rather than helping current users quit, this …
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Changes in cannabis consumption behaviors in relation to policy and public health developments and respiratory health of emerging adults in Canada
… legalization of cannabis in Canada, the “e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury” (EVALI) outbreak, and COVID-19; and (2) to examine sex-specific differences in cannabis use and associations with respiratory symptoms. There was a continuous and gradual increasing trend in …
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Evaluation of small extracellular vesicular microRNAs as biomarkersfor exposure of nicotine and E-liquids on human lung cells
Nicotine intake and E-Cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) can cause pulmonary disease with damaging health effects. In this study, we explored miRNAs from small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) for nicotine and E-liquid-associated biomarkers. We investigated miRNAs using NGS …
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The effects of E-cigarettes on pulmonary inflammation and inflammasome activation
E-cigarettes vaporise a mixture of Propylene Glycol (PG) and Vegetable Glycerine (VG) with nicotine and flavourings as additional constituents. In vitro, flavoured and nicotine containing vapours induce significant cytotoxicity, promote inflammatory cytokine release and reactive oxygen species …
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The role of accelerated ageing in aberrant lung tissue repair and remodelling in COPD
… COPD and control. Finally, we showed that E-cigarette extract induces cellular senescence in lung fibroblasts, and the induction in cellular senescence resulted in impaired tissue repair functions. Therefore, we concluded that E-cigarettes, commonly used as smoking alternative or as smoke …
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