Jakarta , many people turn to electric cigarette in hopes to quit smoking . In fact , recent research shows that more people are using electric cigarette , the more the number of tobacco smokers .
" We found that the electric cigarette is associated with increased number of smokers among young adults , contrary to the notion that smoking is effective to help people quit smoking , " said the researcher , Lauren Dutra , as quoted from HealthDay , Friday ( 03/07/2014 ) .
The researchers looked at the smoking habits of 38,000 middle school child data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey conducted U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) . Over the years , the CDC conducted a survey on smoking habits .
In 2011 and 2012 , the CDC also observed electric cigarette . The results showed , in the span of an increasing number of electric cigarette users . In 2011 , 3.1 percent of teens smoke cigarettes electric dam at least 1 times 1.7 of them also smoked tobacco .
In 2012 , the number of teens who use electric cigarettes rose to 6.5 percent , with 2.6 percent using the details together with tobacco cigarettes and electric cigarettes only 4.1 percent . Of these , 2 per cent of cigarettes smoked tobacco until now .
" We are seeing increased use of electric cigarettes among teenagers , and it did not succeed in making them stop smoking , " said Dutra who is a researcher at the Center for Tobacco Research and Education , University of California .
This finding raises the question as well , what is the electric cigarette became a gateway for youth to get acquainted with tobacco cigarettes ? Unfortunately, researchers have not been able to deduce the answer because this latest study did not see a causal relationship between them .
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