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Why is in news? Addiction, use of e-cigarettes increase in students in the U.S

E-cigarettes are the most common form of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS). These are basically devices that do not burn or use tobacco leaves.

Instead, they vaporise a solution using a battery. This vapour is then inhaled by the user.

E-cigarettes are sometimes called “e-cigs,” “vapes,” “e-hookahs,” “vape pens”. Some e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some look like USB flash drives, pens, and other everyday items.

Using an e-cigarette is sometimes called “vaping.”

E-cigarettes have often been suggested as a potential means to help smokers quit.

Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Bill, 2019: It prohibits production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement of e-cigarettes.

According to a National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2018 carried out by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 6 million kids in the U.S. are using e-cigarettes.

A recent survey study (JAMA Network Open) of 1,51,000 students in the United States between grades 6 and 12 show that initiation of e-cigarette use decreased, and intensity of use and addiction increased between 2014 and 2021.