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The term “gateway” refers to an epidemiological phenomenon, where someone who use one product moves on to use another. If a non-smoker vapes, are they likely to take up smoking later on? At the moment there is no evidence to suggest this is the case.

When it comes to e-cigarettes, the gateway theory would suggest that young non-smokers who try vaping would move on to smoking tobacco. This fear is closely tied to people’s perception of nicotine and its addictive powers, which some scientists consider exaggerated.

This concern is justified primarily by the need to protect young people as part of anti-tobacco campaigns because we know that the earlier people start smoking, the harder it is to quit.

For now, there is no statistical data to show that using e-cigarettes leads to tobacco use.

Health Canada Survey Leads to Correction on Study Linking Vaping to...

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The study, “Prevalence of vaping and smoking among adolescents in Canada, England, and the United States: repeat national cross sectional surveys,” which was published...

Study: Vaping is a Gateway Out of (Not Into) Smoking

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In line with previous studies looking into the same relationship, the review titled, “Does the gateway theory justify a ban on nicotine vaping in...

Latest Study Finds No Conclusive Evidence That Vaping Leads to Smoking

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Conducted by researchers from the University of Bristol's Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group (TARG), with support from Bristol's MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) and...

Study: French Teen Vapers Were Less Likely to Smoke Than Non-Vapers

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Daily smoking has always been very popular amongst French teens. The study titled, “Does e-cigarette experimentation increase the transition to daily smoking among young...

Latest Study: No, Teen Vaping Does not Lead to Smoking

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Published by Oxford University Press, this new study has indicated what many anti-tobacco experts have been insisting on for years: smoking is not a...

More Unfounded “Gateway Theory” Claims

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The paper titled, “Evidence that an intervention weakens the relationship between adolescent electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking: a 24-month prospective study,” concluded that...

Wales Study: The Increase in Vaping has not Normalized Smoking

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The study led by Cardiff University researchers, was conducted in collaboration with academics from Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow and Bristol, and analysed data from three...

Public Health Expert on Study Claiming That Vaping Causes Smoking

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In line with the infamous “Gateway Theory”, a recent study, published last month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and based on...