Marilyn Felix
Electronic Cigarettes
HSC-4010-01-Health Science Practicum & Capstone
Dr. Moeller and Professor Bakken

Introduction
“Safe doesn’t exist. But electronic cigarettes are low risk compared to regular cigarettes.”1 Cigarettes have been in existence between 3,000 and 5,000 B.C.2 In the 21st century, the fad of smoking Electronic Cigarettes has come to be. The development of these popular devices has grown exponentially through the years. Developers have developed Electronic Cigarettes to look like flash drives which makes them harder to detect on students.
Electronic Cigarettes first became known in 1930 when the first patent was made by Joseph Robinson.3 While a manufactured electronic …show more content…
The first meeting was a discussion of what the main focus should of my topic should be. In the second meeting, we focused on finding articles that would support the topic of electronic cigarettes towards adolescents. Using the search engines EBSCO, CINAHL, and Google Scholarly respectively, a decent amount of articles were found and utilized. IThe articles used were utilized to determine three things: the benefit of Electronic Cigarettes, the potential downsides/drawbacks, and the areas that require further research.
The search terms that were used to find articles that would support the research question were: E-Cigarettes, education, electronic cigarettes, vaping, vapor, marketing, and high school students. A news report was emailed to me from my preceptor who is from the American Lung Association that has information about vaping and how this type of Electronic Cigarette is now an epidemic among high school students. During the process of the research, my preceptor sent a webinar that would help in understanding electronic cigarettes and the dangerous that they bring.
Literature Review: Evidence of …show more content…
While there are claims that suggest electronic cigarettes are harmful, there is not enough evidence to prove this to be true. There is a large amount of limitations in almost all studies that are found which leads results to be inconclusive. While there were qualitative studies that were conducted, there was too much limitation to make the results viable. Electronic cigarettes have now become an epidemic towards teenagers and adolescents.11 In order to implement solutions into schools about electronic cigarettes, more research needs to be conducted to implement the best solutions to help adolescents and teenagers to avoid electronic cigarettes and avoid diseases, and risks in the future. In conclusion, from all studies that have been researched, the main factors that motivate the use of electronic cigarettes in adolescents and teenagers is social media, and