≠Introduced way back in 2004 in China, e-cigarettes $ have become a fad along teenagers today// However, they might not be as safe as they pose to be// Ongoing research efforts are yet to reap definitive results regarding their safety//
≠The study that was published in the journal Pediatrics, was an attempt to gauge into the possible reasons for e-cigarette $ use by US teens// The results were based on data collected in 2014 from 2,084 Southern California teens// It was concluded that about 25 percent of the US teens reported ever using e-cigarettes $ and about 20 percent reported ever using traditional cigarettes$// (ukcanadaus)
≠Though earlier research found links between use of traditional and electronic cigarettes, the new study has brought to the fore the fact that teens who have been picking up e-cigarettes $ belong to an entirely new group// In fact, many teens in the new study who used e-cigarettes $ had never smoked traditional cigarettes// On the whole, the use of e-cigarettes $ and traditional cigarettes $ was linked, but about 41 percent of current e-cigarette $ users had never smoked traditional cigarettes$//(ukcanadaus)