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A Magic Bullet? The Potential Impact of E-Cigarettes on the Toll of Cigarette Smoking
Vaping is highly likely to reduce smoking-produced mortality. Still, vaping is not “the” answer to the public health crisis created by smoking. Rather, it may well be a tool to add to the armamentarium of effective tobacco control measures.
Examining the relationship of vaping to smoking initiation among US youth and young adults: a reality check
The inverse relationship between vaping and smoking was robust across different data sets for both youth and young adults and for current and more established smoking. While trying electronic cigarettes may causally increase smoking among some youth, the aggregate effect at the population level appears to be negligible given the reduction in smoking initiation during the period of vaping's ascendance.
Young adult responses to taxes on cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems
In the United States, higher ENDS tax rates are associated with decreased ENDS use but increased cigarette smoking among 18- to 25-year-olds, with associations reversed for cigarette taxes.
The impact of a comprehensive tobacco product flavor ban in San Francisco among young adults
These findings suggest that comprehensive local flavor bans, by themselves, cannot sharply reduce the availability or use of flavored tobacco products among residents. Nevertheless, local bans can still significantly reduce overall e-cigarette use and cigar smoking but may increase cigarette smoking.
Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes
A review of the health risks of e-cigarette use, the likelihood that vaping increases smoking cessation, concerns about youth vaping, and the need to balance valid concerns about risks to youths with the potential benefits of increasing adult smoking cessation.
Responses to potential nicotine vaping product flavor restrictions among regular vapers using non-tobacco flavors: Findings from the 2020 ITC Smoking and Vaping Survey in Canada, England and the United States
At this time, it is not clear what net population-level consequences would occur if non-tobacco flavored NVPs were prohibited. While a majority of vapers in this study opposed this policy, and many vapers would not be willing to switch to available flavors, there was considerable variability in predicted behavioral responses.
Associations of Flavored e-Cigarette Uptake With Subsequent Smoking Initiation and Cessation
In this study, adults who began vaping nontobacco-flavored e-cigarettes were more likely to quit smoking than those who vaped tobacco flavors. More research is needed to establish the relationship between e-cigarette flavors and smoking and to guide related policy.
Optimal Taxation, the Underground Economy and Government Policy: Recommendations for Tobacco, Vaping, Marijuana and Gaming
In summary, it is recommended that the federal government impose no further taxes on e-liquid as long as contraband tobacco is easily accessible. If provinces impose their own excise taxes on e-liquid, they should be lower than corresponding federal excise taxes and should also not lead to significant price increases for e-liquid.
Vapor products, harm reduction, and taxation: More questions than answers for a young and dynamic product market
Principles of harm reduction recognize that every proposal has uncertain outcomes as well as potential spillovers and unforeseen consequences. Nevertheless, the basic principle of harm reduction is a focus on safer rather than safe. Policymakers must make their decisions weighing the expected benefits and expected costs. With such high risks and costs associated with cigarette and other combustible use, taxes and regulations must be developed in an environment of uncertainty and with an eye toward a net reduction in harm, rather than an unattainable goal of zero harm.
Vapor products, harm reduction, and taxation Principles, evidence, and a research agenda
Principles of harm reduction recognize that every proposal has uncertain outcomes as well as potential spillovers and unforeseen consequences. Nevertheless, the basic principle of harm reduction is a focus on safer rather than safe. Policymakers must make their decisions weighing the expected benefits and expected costs. With such high risks and costs associated with cigarette and other combustible use, taxes and regulations must be developed in an environment of uncertainty and with an eye toward a net reduction in harm, rather than an unattainable goal of zero harm. Even a small reduction in the number of cigarette smokers can have a big impact on public health, health expenditures, and labor productivity.
