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Many young adults are enthusiastically “vaping” e-cigarettes, drawn by the technology, tasty flavors and their own physical sense that the devices are doing them no harm, according to new research.

The authors of the small study, which focused on young adults in New York City, say this segment of the vaping population needs more education on the possible health effects of e-cigarettes, including the potential for becoming addicted to nicotine.

E-cigarettes have grown into a $5 billion global business in recent years, but research into their safety and how and why people use the devices has lagged. Most researchers agree that the nicotine-laced vapor delivered by e-cigarettes contains far fewer toxic chemicals and none of the tar in traditional cigarettes.

It’s still not definitive whether e-cigarettes help smokers to cut down or quit traditional cigarettes, but a growing number are using them to try.

Many e-cigarette studies have focused on smokers, generally older, some with a declared intent to quit using tobacco. A recent study wanted to look at how younger people, who may or may not be smokers, are using e-cigarettes and why.

The researchers point out in their report that e-cigarette use in the U.S. is highest among young people, with about 14 percent of 18-24 year olds having tried “vaping” in 2013.

In 2012 and 2013, researchers recruited 87 men and women between the ages of 18 and 27 years old for a series of focus groups followed by in-depth interviews with a smaller group. About a third of participants had used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days. Just over half of those were daily smokers of tobacco and 41 percent smoked less than daily. http://www.bestpriceecigs.com/

Of the current e-cigarette users, 50 percent said they had no intention to quit smoking in the next six months, 48 percent said they had made a quit attempt in the past 12 months and 31 percent said they were currently trying to quit smoking.

Young adults said they first tried e-cigarettes after friends offered them “puffs” and usually bought the devices in vape shops. They wanted to try the product after seeing commercials and said they considered the devices a fun type of technology. Participants also said they thought the e-cigarette vapor was not as strong or harmful as regular cigarette smoke.