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>> It seems like every time you turn around there is something new with an E to it.
First there was e-mail, then e-commerce, e-health, and now e-cigarettes.
It's a device about the size of a tobacco cigarette that includes a cartridge
with some liquid in it, a heating element, and a battery to power that heating element.
Then the user of the e-cigarette can take a puff like they would a puff on a regular cigarette
and inhale the nicotine that's in the liquid, which is addictive, and some sort of flavor all
from chocolate or fruit or candy flavor.
For these reasons, people have worried
that e-cigarettes may be particularly appealing to kids.
At the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and National Poll on Children's Health,
we wanted to find out how the public is thinking about the issues of e-cigarettes
and what federal and state governments might need to do about them
to help protect the public's health.
We found that about 90% of adults thought
that manufacturers should be required to test e-cigarettes for safety.
About 85% of adults thought that sales
of e-cigarettes should be prohibited for people younger than 18.
About three quarters of adults thought
that the FDA should regulate e-cigarettes like other nicotine products.
About three quarters of adults thought that there should be restrictions on marketing
of e-cigarettes on social networking sites.
And about two thirds of adults thought there should be prohibitions on use
of e-cigarettes in indoor places and workplaces.
When it comes to the topic of e-cigarettes, we've seen a very fast moving picture
of people becoming more broadly aware of e-cigarettes and trying them
out at four times the rate they were just three years ago.
We know from parents and more adults broadly in the U.S. that they're worried about e-cigarettes
and the effect it may have on youth.
States have moved quickly to address this issue
by prohibiting the sales of e-cigarettes to minors.
But there's more than states and the federal government can do to respond to very high levels
of public support for ideas regarding new regulations and e-cigarettes.
Responding to public ideas is one of the things that we hope to facilitate at the National Poll
on Children's Health, and we welcome your thoughts about e-cigarettes and the regulations
that the public may want in the future.
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