The Application of a Decision-Theoretic Model to Estimate the Public Health Impact of Vaporized Nicotine Product Initiation in the United States
Author(s) -
David T. Levy,
Ron Borland,
Andrea C. Villanti,
Raymond Niaura,
Zhe Yuan,
Yian Zhang,
Rafael Meza,
Theodore R. Holford,
Geoffrey T. Fong,
K. Michael Cummings,
David B. Abrams
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntw158
Subject(s) - public health , medicine , cohort , smoking cessation , demography , environmental health , pathology , sociology
The public health impact of vaporized nicotine products (VNPs) such as e-cigarettes is unknown at this time. VNP uptake may encourage or deflect progression to cigarette smoking in those who would not have otherwise smoked, thereby undermining or accelerating reductions in smoking prevalence seen in recent years.
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