Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.
We’ve all been exposed to the e-cigarette wave sweeping the
country over the last half decade. E-cigs now have a larger population using
them than smokeless tobacco as of 2015.
Smokeless tobacco has been around for hundreds of years, yet
only about 3.5% of Americans use it.
E-cigs have been around about 10+ years
and already about 10% of US adults and 13% of high school students use it. A
National Institute of Drug Abuse survey found that 9% of 8th
graders, 16% of 10th graders and 17% of seniors had used e-cigs in
the last month.