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A recent online poll revealed that two thirds of teenagers who vaped believed that vaping could be part of a healthy life. Youths who become nicotine dependent using a sleek device that delivers high-dose nicotine have no need or desire to switch to dirty, unhealthy combustible cigarettes. Recognizing that e-cigarettes have become an epidemic among teens, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced a crackdown on the industry in September
however, in the 1960s, chemists working at the tobacco company Philip Morris discovered that if tobacco is treated with an alkaline solution (e.g., ammonia-based), nicotine is converted to a much more volatile free base (more than 100 times), which greatly increases its absorption in the lungs and brain
Enforcement teams across Greater Manchester are appealing for new information and asking people to anonymously report illegal tobacco sellers in their local communities
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