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Teenagers who vape are four times more likely to try smoking, finds controversial study

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Professional Reaction to the same study:

http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-of-adolescents-e-cigarettes-and-smoking/


“There are even more reasons to be cautious. One of them is how the results are described. The authors state in their press release, for example, that among the teenagers who had never smoked but had tried an e-cigarette when they joined the study, 118 out of 343 reported smoking at least one cigarette (34%) one year later. Among the group who had not smoked and never used an e-cigarette, the figure was 124 out of 1383 (just 9%). This sounds alarming – but presented another way it quickly becomes apparent that it may not be. In fact, out of the relevant sample of over 1,700 young people, 242 had tried a tobacco cigarette at one year. 49% of these happened to have tried an e-cigarette before trying tobacco, but in fact a slightly higher proportion – 51% – hadn’t tried an e-cigarette first. Which came first – and why – might simply be a matter of chance, rather than anything else.”
 

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Many who try vaping flavored juice, then tries smoking a cigarette, is going to go back to vaping pretty fast, I'd guess. Where are the stats on that?
 

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