Electronic Cigarettes: Toxicity and Addiction

Authors

  • Bashir M. Rezk
  • Merhan E. Y. Khedr
  • Suresh C. Sikka
  • Wayne J. G. Hellstrom
  • Asim B. Abdel-Mageed

Keywords:

Cigarette smoking, preventable disease, premature death, United States, non-smokers, lung cancer, secondhand smoke (SHS), Electronic Cigarettes, Addiction

Abstract

Cigarette smoking remains a leading cause of preventable disease and premature death in the United States and other countries. More than 20 million Americans have died as a result of smoking since the 1st Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health was released in 1964.1 Approximately, 2.5 million were non-smokers who died from heart disease or lung cancer caused by exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS).1 Generally, smoking causes 20% of deaths in the United States each year.

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Published

2016-10-04

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): Volume 1 Issue 2 2016

Section

Articles