Full coverage: Electronic cigarettes
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The Food and Drug Administration will propose its first regulations for electronic cigarettes, including requiring health warnings and banning sales to minors.
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One out of 10 American high school students used e-cigarettes in 2012, along with nearly three in 100 middle-school students, according to a new federal report.
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Health experts disagree whether electronic cigarettes help fight smoking or threaten to get more people hooked, including teenagers. The answer is probably years away.
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Of all the threats to Americans’ health -- a list that includes bird flu, measles and West Nile virus -- few get Dr.
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E-cigarette makers use candy flavors, social media ads and free samples, according to a report from Democratic legislators. Many tactics would be illegal for traditional cigarettes, they point out.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified a new health problem related to electronic cigarettes -- the risk that the devices themselves or the liquid nicotine that goes into them will cause injury to eyes, skin or other body parts.
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A fair amount of conversation about e-cigarettes has involved their use in purportedly helping people to quit smoking.
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Electronic cigarettes helped wean smokers off regular cigarettes in a clinical trial – though the quit rate was essentially the same as for nicotine patches.
