title: E-cigarettes: promise or peril?
abstract: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) use a heating element to vaporize nicotine and other ingredients, simulating the visual, sensory, and behavioral aspects of smoking without the combustion of tobacco. An ever-growing number of companies around the world manufacture a wide variety of e-cigarette brands, despite scant information on the safety of the ingredients for human inhalation. This article provides an overview of the history, production, and marketing of e-cigarettes, the contents of e-cigarettes and vapor, how they are used, public health concerns, and implications for nursing practice, research, and policy development.
authors.affiliation: Tobacco Policy Research Program, Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, 751 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0232, USA. riker@email.uky.edu
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Riker
authors.forename: Kiyoung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darville
authors.forename: Ellen J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D055615:Electrical Equipment and Supplies; D040261:Harm Reduction; D006801:Humans; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000737:chemistry; D014481:United States