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. 2020 Nov:140:106145.
doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106145. Epub 2020 May 27.

E-cigarettes: How can they help smokers quit without addicting a new generation?

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E-cigarettes: How can they help smokers quit without addicting a new generation?

David L Ashley et al. Prev Med. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

The dramatic increase in youth use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS; e.g., e-cigarettes) in the United States has focused regulatory efforts to address this concern while still encouraging smokers to switch completely to lower risk products or quit all tobacco product use. Increases in the minimum age for purchase of all tobacco products and changes in enforcement policy for ENDS have been recently enacted in an effort to address the youth vaping epidemic. Since all ENDS marketed after February 15, 2007 will be required to meet the "appropriate for the protection of public health" standard for marketing authorization of new products, ENDS manufacturers will have to demonstrate, in part, that their products help lessen the adverse impact on youth use. Some, such as disallowing flavors other than tobacco or menthol or limiting nicotine delivery, may help reduce youth use but could also inhibit smokers from quitting smoking. Other approaches, including reducing the high-tech appearance and discreteness of ENDS, discontinuing use of coupons and two-for-one type price incentives for ENDS, limiting retail sales of these products to adult-only facilities, and incorporating technological innovations such as biometrics or geofencing into ENDS, may help manufacturers demonstrate that marketing of their products would help reduce youth use of ENDS and lessen the epidemic, while still assuring adult smokers have access to products that encourage discontinuing combusted product use.

Keywords: Acquisition; Addiction; Appeal; E-cigarette; Tobacco regulation; Use behavior.

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