E-Cigarettes: Gateway Drug to Substance Abuse, Addiction?

CDC: E-Cigarette Poison Center Calls on the Rise
CDC: E-Cigarette Poison Center Calls on the Rise
New research suggests that e-cigarettes could be a "gateway drug" to illicit drug use and addiction based on epidemiological and biologic findings.

Epidemiologic studies have shown that nicotine use is a gateway to the use of marijuana and cocaine in human populations. What has not been clear is how nicotine accomplishes this.

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