However, though e-cigarettes are considered safer than traditional cigarettes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these products are also harmful as they contain high amounts of nicotine, which can lead to addiction if used in larger quantities
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The Monitoring the Future results clearly show that the FDA must act now to regulate e-cigarettes to protect Americas children from nicotine addiction. The findings, which come from the University of Michigans Survey for Research Center and is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, asked 8 th , 10 th and 12 th graders if they had used either an e-cigarette or a traditional cigarette in the past 30 days
When marketing cigarettes to the developing world, tobacco companies associate their product with an affluent Western lifestyle
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