Vaping Often Fails As Alternative to Smoking

Vaping is marketed as a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes, but 'dual use' plus dramatic surge in teen addiction and recent links to lung disease send most e-cig claims up in smoke. Air1's Billie Branham talks with Linda Richter of the Center on Addiction and Dr. Michael Blaha, cardiovascular research director at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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10 Surprising Facts About E-Cigarettes (Center on Addiction)

Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products (Centers for Disease Control)

"5 Vaping Facts You Need to Know," by Dr. Michael Blaha M.D., M.D.H.

Linda Richter, Dir. of the Policy of Research and Analysis for the Center on Addiction (bio)

"Can vaping damage your lungs? What we do (and don’t) know," Harvard Health