Adolescent electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has continued due to the ongoing struggle with nicotine addiction affecting teenagers. By briefly discussing the timeline of the emergence of e-cigarettes and nicotine addiction in adolescents, this author hopes to shed some light on mitigation strategies to curtail this ongoing epidemic of youth e-cigarette use and nicotine addiction through public health education and advocacy.
Keywords: EVALI; addiction; adolescent; advocacy; e-cigarette; e-liquid; lung injury; nicotine; smoking cessation; tobacco; vaping.
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