e-cigarette
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e-cigarette (plural e-cigarettes)
Alternative form of electronic cigarette
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About 4.5% (11 million) of adults were current e-cigarette users in 2019, compared with 3.2% in 2018 and 2.8% in 2017.
British American Tobacco, the world's No.2 tobacco company, welcomed the U.S. health regulator's move to ban popular e-cigarette flavors, saying it would comply with the new guidelines aimed at curbing teenage vaping.
At face value, the findings lined up with pointing to health risks in e-cigarette and cigarette users, as well as a greater possible risk among users of both.
However, Mahmoud said they always check ID cards to avoid the risk of selling e-cigarette products to minors.
But the American Vaping Association circulated an editorial in late March that urged state officials to lift bans of online e-cigarette sales, arguing that online sales promote safety because it keeps people from making trips outside their home.
“Efforts to reduce smoking and e-cigarette use among young adults would likely lower their vulnerability to severe disease.”