Highlights
The number of people vaping, especially adolescents, has surged in recent years.
Studies of vaping as a smoking
cessation
tool have been largely inconclusive.
Studies have produced compelling evidence linking vaping to smoking
initiation
.
Early vaping studies have revealed numerous detrimental effects on the body.
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