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Trends in Electronic Cigarette Use and Conventional Smoking: Quantifying a Possible “Diversion” Effect among U.S. Adolescents

The impact of electronic cigarettes (ECs) on nicotine use is hotly debated: some fear that ECs are a ‘catalyst’ to conventional smoking, while others...

The Ethics of Tobacco Harm Reduction: An Analysis of E-Cigarette Availability From the Perspectives of Utilitarianism, Bioethics, and Public Health Ethics

Much evidence suggests e-cigarettes are substantially less harmful than combustible cigarettes. Assuming this is true, we analyze the ethical case for a policy of...

Authors Respond – Experts Question Study Claiming E-Cigarettes Are a COVID-19 Risk Factor

We appreciate the questions raised in the letters to the editor about the brief report on the association between youth smoking, electronic cigarette...

Youth Tobacco Use: Results from the National Youth Tobacco Survey

2020 Findings on All Tobacco Use The data show youth use of any tobacco product declining, with an estimated 1.73 million fewer youth currently using...

Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2020

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States; nearly all tobacco product use begins during youth and...