Since "epidemic" youth vaping has been the hot topic for at least two or three years now, wouldn't we have expected to see a positive correlation between e-cigarette usage and smoking as well as drug use by now instead of a steady decline? From the"Monitoring the Future" surveyabout "n...
Because of rising trends, using marijuana recreationally is considered by some as likely to act as a gateway drug.9 Similarly, some believe vaping THC or nicotine as in e-cigarettes could trigger additional substance abuse and unhealthy behaviors for some users. A comprehensive study publi...
Vaping amongst students has been a concern for the CVHS administration. Vaping can be seen as a gateway activity, leading youth to other drugs and addictive substances. A vaporizer uses a heating system to turn a liquid or wax into an aerosol which the user can then inhale. The student han...
In this article, we provide a critical analysis of the use of the gateway theory to justify Australian policy. We argue first that the evidence that vaping serves as a gateway to smoking is unconvincing. Smoking more often precedes vaping than vice versa, regular vaping by never-smokers is ...
3. E-cigarettes are just as addictive as traditional cigarettes E-cigarettes very often contain nicotine and even the juices that say they do not contain nicotine often do30. Furthermore, vaping is often a gateway to the nicotine variety and to smoking (the World Health Organisation estimates ...
A 2017 paper by two tobacco control leaders suggests that not only is vapingnotleading to increased teen smoking, it may be serving as a gateway in the opposite direction, leading impressionable potential smokers away from combustible cigarettes. ...
an e-cigarette comprises an atomizer and a cartridge containing either a nicotine or a non-nicotine liquid solution. When the device is operated, the battery heats the liquid in the cartridge, and the atomizer vaporize...
Tobacco is considered by many to be a "gateway drug" that opens the door to using illicit drugs. This theory, known as the Gateway Hypothesis, is not universally accepted because there are discrepancies about whether tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana is the initial "gateway" drug that leads to ...
Dr Livingstone says e-cigarettes mimic the action of smoking, and they can be just as addictive. “There is some evidence that young people who vape can become nicotine dependent,” he says. He also says there is some evidence e-cigarettes can act as a gateway to smoking cigarettes. ...
As well as the direct health effects of vaping and nicotine dependence, public health concern has centred on the possibility of vaping renormalising smoking and/or acting as a gateway to combustible tobacco use.13 Longitudinal studies consistently show that vaping in non‐smoking youth is associated...