Get flavored e-cigarettes off the shelf

Opinion

September 18, 2018 - 10:43 AM

Just as public-health officials were starting to celebrate their success at keeping cigarettes out of the hands of teens, a new threat to their health rushed in: electronic cigarettes. Even teens who never considered picking up a cigarette are using e-cigarettes, or vaping pens, because they wrongly believe they are not harmful. They are.

E-cigarettes arguably may be safer than traditional cigarettes  — the scientific jury still is debating that point— but the battery-operated device that vaporizes a liquid nicotine solution is a dumb choice for youth. The nicotine vaporized in…

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