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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Electronic-cigarette"”.
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Electronic Cigarette Education for Parents of Adolescents
… educational handout to increase knowledge of electronic cigarette health risks and improve intentions to discuss these risks with their adolescent. Background. In the United States, 4 million high school and 840,000 middle school students reported using electronic cigarettes in 2018. Numerous …
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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 …
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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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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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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology thesis portfolio (Clarke : 2015) : Adolescents' views of the electronic cigarette: a new gateway to addiction?
… it is estimated 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 …
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Educating Teens on the Risks of Vaping: A QI Project
Background: As the dangers of traditional tobacco cigarettes were publicly realized, rates of cigarette smoking declined; however, the use of electronic cigarettes (vape devices) has increased, especially among the minor population. An abundance of misinformation about the dangers and risks of …
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¡No Smoking Por Vapor! Systematic Literature Review Examining the Attitudes Toward, Beliefs About, Perceived Risks and Benefits of Electronic Cigarettes and Toward Their Use Among United States Youth
Electronic cigarettes are an emerging topic of discussion and debate in Public Health. Their ability to deliver nicotine in the form of vapor gave rise to the idea of electronic cigarettes being used as nicotine replacement therapy. However, the risks to health that electronic cigarettes pose …
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THREE ESSAYS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS
… between state-level 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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Investigating the impact of e-cigarettes on lung cells: a combined in vitro and computational study
The increasing use of electronic cigarettes (ECs), particularly among youth, has raised concerns about their impact on respiratory health. This thesis investigates the effects of EC aerosol exposure on the alveolar epithelium using a combination of in silico modelling and in vitro experimentation. …
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Modeling and Twitter-based Surveillance of Smoking Contagion
Nicotine, in the form of cigarette smoking, chewing tobacco, and most recently as vapor smoking, is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the world. Since smoking imposes a significant health-care and economic burden on the population, there have been sustained and significant efforts for …
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Maturation of pluripotent stem cell-derived alveolar type II cells at air-liquid interface and response to environmental stimuli
… stimuli such as respiratory viruses and cigarette smoke. Primary human AT2s can be cultured in vitro in three-dimensional organoids known as alveolospheres, but are difficult to culture in the physiologically relevant air-liquid interface (ALI) format due to their tendency to lose their …
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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 …