In contrast with a consistent decline in smoking prevalence among youth, over the past few years electronic cigarettes have rapidly gained popularity to the point of becoming the most common tobacco product in this age group. However, only in 2007 they became commercially available in USA and Europe. Taking shape as a smoking cessation strategy or – in actual fact – as a legal alternative where conventional smoking was prohibited, e-cigarettes, invented by Hon Lik (a Chinese pharmacist), were patented in 2003.
Liquid composition can include nicotine, a solvent and an utmost variety of flavorants. Įlectronic cigarettes (also known as E-cigs, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems-ENDS, vaping device or e-vaporizers) are an electronic device that can vary in size and shape, consisting of a battery, an electrical heater and a liquid, which is aerosolized to be inhaled. Over the last decade, reducing cigarette consumption has become a Public Health goal, therefore prevention campaigns intensified and restrictions on their marketing and access escalated. Tobacco smoke undoubtedly remains world’s leading cause of preventable disease.
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