OBJECTIVES Given that little is known about how youth access contraband cigarettes, the current study seeks to examine factors associated with how underage smoking youth report usually accessing contraband cigarettes. METHODS This study used nationally representative data collected from 41,886 students (grades 9 to 12) as part of the 2006-07 Canadian Youth Smoking Survey (YSS). Using data fro...

INTRODUCTION Research suggests that adolescents who use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), including adolescents not susceptible to smoking cigarettes (ie, those who have never smoked cigarettes and are not attitudinally susceptible to using cigarettes), are more likely to initiate using cigarettes or other combustible tobacco products than adolescents who do not use e-cigarettes. In this st...

Electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) are devices that heat a cartridge containing a solution that becomes a vapour for the user to inhale. The vapour may or may not contain nicotine. E-cigarettes do not contain tar and other toxins, which traditional cigarettes do, so they may be less damaging to people's health than smoking traditional cigarettes. However, no studies exist about the long-te...

The development of e-cigarettes was initially hailed as a resource in facilitating a reduction in or cessation of cigarette smoking. Many users of e-cigarettes are 'dual users', smoking traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The present qualitative study examines the factors that a group of 20 dual users considered to have been influential in their decisions to use e-cigarettes and their comp...

background: cigarette smoking is the largest preventable risk factor for morbidity and mortality in developed countries where at least one in four adults smoke cigarettes.healthcare providers who smoke are less likely to advise patients to quit smoking. the aim of this study is to find out the frequency of to acco smoking among medical professionals in tertiary care hospitals of karachi, and to...

BACKGROUND: As a new device and technology, the use of e-cigarettes has increased rapidly in Indonesia, attract make people curious. AIM: This study aims to determine description perceptions behavior about e- cigarettes e-cigarette users Medan city, Indonesia. METHODS: type research is quantitative with descriptive design. The sample this was 100 electric cigarette using consecutive sampling me...

Physicians are rated the most trustworthy source of information for smokers and thus play an increasing role in disseminating information on e-cigarettes to patients. Therefore, it is important to understand what is currently being communicated about e-cigarettes between physicians and patients. This study explored the knowledge, beliefs, communication, and recommendation of e-cigarettes among ...

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have emerged onto the public market as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes; however, science is inconclusive as e-cigarettes have not been thoroughly investigated, including their short- and long-term risks and benefits (1, 2). The question arises of whether e-cigarettes will become the future tobacco crisis. This paper connects the precautionary principle ...

This article uses discursive approaches to examine the utility and functions of language in public health, focusing on social constructions e-cigarettes. Due ambiguity surrounding use e-cigarettes, understanding may be negotiated collaboratively through co-construction talk. Ten participants, three men seven women aged 26–47 years, took part two focus groups Manchester, UK, where they discussed...