E-cigarettes: facts, perceptions, and marketing messages.
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are perceived as an alternative to standard tobacco cigarette smoking, primarily because of the e-cigarette industry's marketing messages. However, scientific studies about e-cigarette safety and efficacy remain limited. This column presents some of the issues associated with e-cigarette use, such as potential components of regulation, perceptions that e-cigarettes can help users quit smoking, and free-wheeling marketing strategies that include expanding e-cigarette use to young people. Nurses can be a reliable source of information about e-cigarettes.
Department of Medical and Surgical Oncology in the Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego.
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D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D040541:Marketing; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D016540:Smoking Cessation
patient/public education; prevention and detection; research; smoking; tobacco control