Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are hand-held devices that heat and aerosolise liquids that commonly consist of propylene glycol, glycerol, chemical flavourants and nicotine (or tetrahydrocannabinol).1 These devices were initially marketed as a lower risk nicotine replacement, but increasing evidence points to the contrary. Even more concerning is that marketing has targeted the vulnerable adolescent population, with 78% of middle school and high school students exposed to at least one e-cigarette advertisement between 2014 and 2016.2 Of interest is how these marketing strategies likely contributed to the misinformation surrounding e-cigarettes. Pepper et al explored adolescents’ understanding of e-cigarettes and found concerning misperceptions about nicotine and e-liquids among participants.3 They found that 62% of non-nicotine vapers and 49% of nicotine vapers thought nicotine in e-liquids was made artificially rather than from tobacco. This could indicate that there is a misperception that some forms of nicotine are safer than others. Additionally, they found that adolescents who believed they were using e-cigarettes without nicotine had poorer overall …

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请注意，在儿童周围吸电子烟会对他们的肺部健康产生不利影响

电子香烟（电子香烟）是一种手持设备，可以加热和雾化通常由丙二醇、甘油、化学香料和尼古丁（或四氢大麻酚）组成的液体。1 这些设备最初作为一种风险较低的尼古丁替代品销售，但越来越多证据表明相反。更令人担忧的是，营销针对的是弱势青少年群体，78% 的中学生和高中生在 2014 年至 2016 年间至少接触过一个电子烟广告。2 有趣的是，这些营销策略可能如何导致围绕电子烟的错误信息-香烟。Pepper 等人探索了青少年对电子烟的理解，并发现参与者对尼古丁和电子烟油的误解。3 他们发现，62% 的非尼古丁电子烟用户和 49% 的尼古丁电子烟用户认为电子烟油中的尼古丁是人工制造的，而不是来自烟草。这可能表明存在一种误解，即某些形式的尼古丁比其他形式的尼古丁更安全。此外，他们发现认为自己使用不含尼古丁的电子烟的青少年总体上较差……