As part of its effort to turn the tide, the agency launched a new campaign to education children and teens about the dangers of e-cigarettes. A primary concern for health experts is that kids will become addicted to nicotine and graduate to traditional cigarettes, putting them at risk for lung cancer. A report in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. found that 20% of high schoolers who vaped frequently at the start of the study were smoking cigarettes frequently six months later, and another 12% were smoking occasionally. Meanwhile, among students who never vaped, only 2% started smoking during the same period of time.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 12, 2018 17:37 UTC