What may begin as experimentation, curiosity or peer pressure can quickly escalate into dependency, declining mental health and high risk behaviour
The new study is an update of the Mackinac Centers 2006 study Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling: A Statistical Analysis and Historical Review, which estimated cigarette smuggling by state and documented how smuggling undermines the two major reasons that states raise cigarette taxes: to decrease smoking for health reasons, and to increase state tax revenue
Do yourself a favor, and buy a pound or two to experiment with
"(E-cigarettes) have cool flavors, they smell good and the companies that are selling them are putting out these messages that they are not as harmful as cigarettes." Vought is providing more education about e-cigarettes for SRU students through the University's Healthy Outreach Through Peer Education
This is especially true when compared to traditional cigarettes, where the smoke dissipates more quickly due to its larger particle size distribution in the chamber
