There has been a significant increase in the popularity of this alternative to smoking, but health officials are still weighing the positive and negative health effects. Some say “vaping” with e-cigarettes is much healthier than smoking, but others are worried that the addictive qualities of e-smoking are being downplayed or ignored.
GUESTS:
- Dr. Jose Montero - director of Public Healthat the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
- Dr. Michael Siegel – professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health.
LINKS:
- Forbes e-cigarette primer
- Portsmouth tobacco retailer launches educational campaign on e-cigarettes
- New York Times reporter on e-cigarette debate
- NHBR report on possible e-cigarette regulations
- how electronic cigarettes work
- tobacco use among N.H. youth
