It's no mystery. The CDC sent out a copy of their press release two days ago, marking it "Embargoed until 9/6/2013".
There isn't a huge difference between the growth of adult interest and youth use of the products.
Youth "Ever Use" grew from 3.3% in 2010 to 6.8% in 2011. The Adult "Ever Use" figures were 3.3% to 6.2% for the same years.
Naturally the figure for the latest year is going to be larger. The word "ever" includes everything that came before. And the 3.3% ever users in 2010 included all the "ever users" from prior years.
Embargoed? So what else was released on that date that the CDC (and others) did not want anyone to notice? I think that's the real drama of this story - Shame on so-called journalist's that aren't use to this decades old tactic by now.
"Children still are more likely to light up regular cigarettes, though teen smoking rates have dropped in the past decade. More teens now smoke (a word that can't be mentioned - not "ecigarettes") than tobacco, surveys have found."
My response would be simple;
"So how's that war on drugs working out?"
Do we want to add ecigs to it as well?
I can understand the position of 'de-normalizing' smoking, making it unpopular or inconvienent - even raising prices to a degree. But there comes a time with addictions where all that can be done, has been done. Those who can "just quit" (cold turkey) have probably done so already. Adding more restrictions will have the reverse effect.
I mean, what can be more alluring to a teen than something heavy regulated / illegal? Right now ecigs are weird, geeky, inconvienent, something old people do (parents) and for the most part expensive compared to a pack of cigs. Even 0 nic is going to make a non-smoker cough. I don't see the "cool" factor.
The only "cool" factor is going to appear when they hand off the vaping industry to BT. They will spend millions in marketing to make it cool, maybe even more addictive (with additional propietary chemicals), and 'delivery systems' that allow nicotine to be more effective - just like they did with traditional cigarettes.
I think one of the problems is the vaping community that want to get healthier has been lumped in with the evil tobacco companies and many don't (want to) recognize the difference.
With headlines like that, a lot of people aren't going to continue reading to see the "proof" for such statements is vague at best. The headline makes the conclusion and wins. The reason for that is that the bulk of the population is not particularly concerned with ecigs. Many have probably never seen them in real life. The reason this has come up for any regulation is due to BT and BP concerns over the marketplace. That's who's introducing bills in communities and state legislatures, not the voters. It's an end run around democracy.
