Abstract
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) use a heating element to vaporize nicotine and other ingredients, simulating the visual, sensory, and behavioral aspects of smoking without the combustion of tobacco. An ever-growing number of companies around the world manufacture a wide variety of e-cigarette brands, despite scant information on the safety of the ingredients for human inhalation. This article provides an overview of the history, production, and marketing of e-cigarettes, the contents of e-cigarettes and vapor, how they are used, public health concerns, and implications for nursing practice, research, and policy development.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 159-171 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Nursing Clinics of North America |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: Funding was provided by the Kentucky Department for Public Health and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky . This work was partially supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government ( NRF-2011-013-D00068 ).
Keywords
- Addiction
- Harm reduction
- Policy
- Smoke-free
- Smoking cessation
- Tobacco
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Nursing