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E-cigarettes, a safer alternative for teenagers? A UK focus group study of teenagers' views.

Shona HiltonHeide WeishaarHelen SweetingFilippo TrevisanSrinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Published in: BMJ open (2016)
Teenagers support the use of e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids for established adult smokers. However, they engage with these products differently from adults, with the novel hypothesis that covert use could potentially reinforce traditional cigarette smoking requiring further investigation. Policy responses should more clearly meet the needs of young people, as well as helping established adult smokers.
Keyphrases
  • smoking cessation
  • replacement therapy
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • childhood cancer
  • cross sectional
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • young adults