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E-cigarette use among youth and young adults : a report of the Surgeon General.

Other author/creatorUnited States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General, issuing body.
Other author/creatorNational Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health, issuing body.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info Rockville, MD : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General ; Atlanta, GA : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2016.
Description1 online resource (xvii, 275 pages) : color illustrations
Supplemental Content https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo83977
Supplemental Content Connect to online version
Subject(s)
Summary This report focuses on research conducted among youth and young adults because of the implications of e-cigarette use in this population, particularly the potential for future public health problems. Understanding e-cigarette use among young persons is critical because previous research suggests that about 9 in 10 adult smokers first try conventional cigarettes during adolescence. Similarly, youth e-cigarette experimentation and use could also extend into adulthood; however, e-cigarette use in this population has not been examined in previous reports of the Surgeon General. The first Surgeon General's report on the health consequences of smoking was published in 1964; of the subsequent reports, those published in 1994 and 2012 focused solely on youth and young adults. More recently, the 2012 report documented the evidence regarding tobacco use among youth and young adults, concluding that declines in cigarette smoking had slowed and that decreases in the use of smokeless tobacco had stalled. That report also found that the tobacco industry's advertising and promotional activities are causal to the onset of smoking in youth and young adults and the continuation of such use as adults. However, the 2012 report was prepared before e-cigarettes were as widely promoted and used in the United States as they are now. Therefore, this 2016 report documents the scientific literature on these new products and their marketing, within the context of youth and young adults. This report also looks to the future by examining the potential impact of e-cigarette use among youth and young adults, while also summarizing the research on current use, health consequences, and marketing as it applies to youth and young adults. Evidence for this report was gathered from studies that included one or more of three age groups. We defined these age groups to be young adolescents (11-13 years of age), adolescents (14-17 years of age), and young adults (18-24 years of age). Some studies refer to the younger groups more generally as youth. Despite important issues related to e-cigarette use in adult populations, clinical and otherwise (e.g., their potential for use in conventional smoking cessation), that literature will generally not be included in this report unless it also discusses youth and young adults. Given the recency of the research that pertains to e-cigarettes, compared with the decades of research on cigarette smoking, the "precautionary principle" is used to guide actions to address e-cigarette use among youth and young adults. This principle supports intervention to avoid possible health risks when the potential risks remain uncertain and have been as yet partially undefined. Still, the report underscores and draws its conclusions from the known health risks of e-cigarette use in this age group.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource, PDF version; title from title page (CDC, viewed Aug. 21, 2017).
Genre/formOnline resources.
GPO item number0485 (online)
Govt. docs number HE 20.2:EC 4

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