The researchers noted that more robust, long-term studies of the safety and effectiveness of e-cigarettes are needed to see whether or not the devices really may help people quit smoking.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg says only a new cigarette tax is needed.
Further, the steady decline in the prevalence of youth smoking over the past decade has now leveled off,[ 2] suggesting that continued concerted effort to control cigarette smoking is needed.
However, since no studies have addressed age-specific or duration-dependent protective effects of filter cigarettes, further confirmation is needed for other populations.
But Jean Weinberg, a spokeswoman for the Health Department, and Zoe Tobin, a spokeswoman for the City Council, said in an e-mail statement: "While it is clear that the display of tobacco products encourages youth smoking, with the arrival of e-cigarettes, more time is needed to determine how best to address this problem".
Apply any packing to the cigarette if it is needed.
As recommended by the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, strict regulation of cigarette and tobacco additives is needed as part of the fight against tobacco dependence and smoking induced diseases.
This report, authored by McNeill and colleagues, remains the most thorough synthesis of the data on e-cigarettes to date, but the authors freely admit that more research is needed as e-cigarettes evolve and patterns of use change.
But, they noted, both smoking and vaping "shared common social risk factors, and a favorable e-cigarette social environment was strongly associated both with e-cigarette use and with smoking... Research is needed to determine whether the use of e-cigarettes by nonsmoking adolescents could function as a gateway to combustible cigarette use".
While the literature on waterpipe tobacco smoking and e-cigarette use is growing, more research is needed on both products in order to inform appropriate science-based public health interventions and regulatory action.
