Seeing E-cigarette Use Encourages Young Adult Tobacco Users to Light Up (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

University of Chicago Medical Center

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"Whether participants were exposed to someone smoking a combustible or an e-cigarette, the urge to smoke a combustible cigarette was just as high in either condition," King said. "If the results do generalize and we show this in other groups, it's important to consider policy going forward in terms of reducing harm for both users and observers of e-cigarettes."

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