The Smoking Cessation QI module will assist you to increase the percentage of your patient population who have a smoking status recorded
Despite the different names for e-cigs, such as electronic nicotine delivery devices (ENDS), electronic vaporizers, cig-a-likes, vape pens, box mods, e-hookahs, or advanced personal vaporizers (APV), the basic physical components of these devices are the same: a battery, an atomizer, and a tank or cartridge to hold the e-liquid (Table 1)
A study featured in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics tracked more than 1,036 adolescents beginning when they were between 10 and 13 years old in 2003, and found that teens who can name a favorite cigarette ad are more than 50 percent more likely to take up smoking than their peers are
Adolescent e-cigarette use trajectories and subsequent alcohol and marijuana use