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News & Views: Use of e-cigarettes triples among U.S. teens
Posted on April 21, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: ND Unit5, Neurological Disorders | | Add comment |

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Even as the use of traditional cigarettes and most other tobacco products dipped or stayed the same from 2013 to 2014, the use of e-cigarettes climbed among students in high school and middle school. This concerns Dr. Tom Frieden, chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, because nicotine exposure at a young age “may cause lasting harm to brain development.”

Read more at NPR.org.