[DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Harris KJ, Okuyemi KS, Catley D, Mayo MS, Ge B, Ahluwalia JS
[1] A study on Chinese herbal cigarettes found they had about the same amount of carcinogens as regular cigarettes
A study published in Pediatrics looked at cigarette use over a 20-year period by Southern California 11th- and 12th-graders and found that e-cigarettes were recruiting a new group of users who would not likely have initiated combustible tobacco product use in the absence of e-cigarettes. Another study showed that teens using flavored versions were less likely to see tobacco smoking as dangerous and therefore more likely to take up cigarette smoking
Many other Asian countries, such as Singapore, Thailand, and India, have taken similarly hardline approaches
Smoking plays a detrimental role in the onset and progression of diabetic nephropathy , a complication that can lead to kidney failure