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E-cigarettes are not creating a new generation of smokers

By Guy Bentley
Published January 27, 2017 5:15pm ET
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E-cigarettes are not creating a new generation of smokers
The study's findings are in direct conflict with the way the authors are trying to present them. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) | Aaron Favila

The anti-vaping lobby is at it again, with a new study allegedly showing e-cigarettes encourage smoking and played no role in the recent and rapid declines in teen cigarette use.

Professor Stanton Glantz and Dr. Lauren Dutra at the University of California San Francisco claim the declining trend in adolescent cigarette smoking from 2009-2014 was no different from 2004-2009.

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