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Thursday, May 12, 2016
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
NEWS
Updated FDA e-cig
regulations highlight
University research
Study disproves
perception of
e-cigarettes as
gateway drug
By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
E-cigarettes — considered an
alternative to traditional cigarettes
since their introduction to the
market in 2003 — are battery-
powered products which vaporize a
flavored liquid, which is inhaled by
the user. E-cigarettes are sometimes
used as tools to quit smoking.
According to a 2014 survey by
the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, nearly 22 percent
of adults ages 18 to 24 had tried an
e-cigarette, and about four percent
of adults used e-cigarettes every
day or some days.
The
rising
popularity
of
e-cigarettes has raised concern
as to how e-cigarettes would be
regulated
and
marketed,
and
whether they would be treated the
same as traditional cigarettes with
regard to public policy — despite
minimal research conducted on the
health effects of e-cigarettes.
For example, despite popular
belief, e-cigarettes contain many
of
the
ingredients
traditional
cigarettes do, such as nicotine,
unknown chemicals, flavorings
and colorings.
A previous University study
indicated
that
both
teenage
e-cigarette users and their parents
wish to see e-cigarette regulation
in public places, another concern
that accompanies the product.
Last Thursday, the Food and
Drug Administration announced
that it will regulate e-cigarettes
and other products — such as cigars
and hookahs — in the same way it
regulates traditional cigarettes and
tobacco.
According to the announcement
made Thursday by Secretary of
Health and Human Services Sylvia
Burwell and FDA commissioner
Robert Califf, restrictions will be
placed on the sale and distribution
of e-cigarettes and other tobacco
products, including age restrictions
and advertising and promotion
restrictions
for
public
health
purposes.
Sarah
Cherng,
a
Rackham
student and lead author of the
University study, agreed that there
is a large debate surrounding the
potential harms and benefits of
e-cigarettes.
“We’re seeing a very large
increase in high schoolers and
adolescents
using
electronic
cigarettes,” Cherng said. “On one
hand, there are people who are
very concerned that electronic
cigarettes are going to act as a
gateway to traditional smoking
initiation. Whereas, on the other
hand, there is the harm reduction
type research … (which believes)
e-cigarettes can actually help with
smoking cessation — help current
smokers stop smoking.”
The researchers used data from
resources such as the National
Health Interview and the CDC
showing previous and current
national rates of smoking, as well
as statistics on the growth rate of
e-cigarette usage, to come up with
a simulation model.
Cherng said the researchers
wanted to perform a quantitative
analysis to see whether e-cigarettes
act as a gateway to smoking
initiation or as an aid for current
smokers who need to quit.
There has so far been few studies
looking into the health differences
of using a traditional cigarette
and an e-cigarette, as well as little
research on the long-term effects
of using e-cigarettes as a cessation
device.
According to the University
study, a 20 percent increase in the
rate of smoking cessation would
correlate to a six percent reduction
in overall smoking popluation by
the year 2060. On the contrary, for
smoking rates to increase by six
percent in 2060, smoking initiation
would have to increase by 200
percent — an unlikely occurrence,
according to the researchers.
“Based on the patterning of
e-cigarette
use
among
adults
right now … their use is primarily
concentrated
among
current
RESEARCH
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