CDC Survey on e-cig users

[kakiser56]

Most E-Cigarette Users Are Current And Ex-Smokers, Not Newbies : Shots - Health News : NPR

Despite the promising title, there's one paragraph which was alarmist:

"What this survey shows is young adults who have never smoked are picking up electronic cigarettes in truly alarming numbers," says Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for tobacco-Free Kids.

 

[Goodrat]

So they should add, this would suggest less teens are picking up cigarettes than would have. This is a positive thing.
They should also note that kids cannot buy them, but if they do try it, they would probably not like the taste of analogs since vaping has a good taste and does not make you dizzy with chemicals.
They should worry more about real harm like soft drinks and candy.

 

[choochoogranny]

There is a place to comment but I can't.

 

[catlady60]

Conley says he thinks the data indicate many young nonsmokers experiment with the devices without getting hooked.

"E-cigarettes are something that people are willing to perhaps take a puff off of because it looks funny," he says. "But it's not something that is creating nicotine dependency in those that did not previously have it."

This suggests that "clean" nicotine, apart from tobacco, is not as dependency-forming as the Nicotine Nazis/ANTZ claim it to be.