PMID- 38389821
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240224
IS  - 2674-0001 (Electronic)
IS  - 2674-0001 (Linking)
VI  - 3
DP  - 2023
TI  - E-cigarettes may serve as a gateway to conventional cigarettes and other 
      addictive drugs.
PG  - 11345
LID - 10.3389/adar.2023.11345 [doi]
LID - 11345
AB  - Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are devices that allow the user to inhale 
      nicotine in a vapor, and are primarily marketed as a means of quitting smoking 
      and a less harmful replacement for traditional cigarette smoking. However, 
      further research is needed to determine if vaping nicotine via e-cigarettes can 
      be effective. Conversely, nicotine has been considered a gateway drug to alcohol 
      and other addictive drugs and e-cigarettes containing nicotine may have the same 
      effects. Previous reports have shown that e-cigarette use may open the gate for 
      the use of other drugs including conventional cigarettes, cannabis, opioids, etc. 
      The increasing prevalence of e-cigarettes, particularly among youth and 
      adolescents in the last decade have led to an increase in the dual use of 
      e-cigarettes with alcohol, cannabis, and other illicit drug use like heroin and 
      3-4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). The advent of e-cigarettes as a device 
      to self-administer addictive agents such as cocaine and synthetic cathinones may 
      bring about additional adverse health effects associated with their concurrent 
      use. This review aims to briefly describe e-cigarettes and their different 
      generations, and their co-use with other addictive drugs as well as the use of 
      the device as a tool to self-administer addictive drugs, such as cocaine, etc.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Chen, Rahman and Lutfy.
FAU - Chen, Grace
AU  - Chen G
AD  - College of Osteopathic Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, 
      CA, United States.
FAU - Rahman, Shafiqur
AU  - Rahman S
AD  - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, South Dakota State 
      University, Brookings, SD, United States.
FAU - Lutfy, Kabirullah
AU  - Lutfy K
AD  - College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, United 
      States.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20230630
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Adv Drug Alcohol Res
JT  - Advances in drug and alcohol research
JID - 9918335075006676
PMC - PMC10880776
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - addictive drugs
OT  - adolescents
OT  - alcohol
OT  - cannabis
OT  - conventional cigarettes
OT  - e-cig
OT  - gateway
OT  - smoking cessation
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2024/02/23 06:43
MHDA- 2024/02/23 06:44
PMCR- 2023/06/30
CRDT- 2024/02/23 03:48
PHST- 2023/03/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/06/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/23 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/23 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/23 03:48 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/06/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 11345 [pii]
AID - 10.3389/adar.2023.11345 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Adv Drug Alcohol Res. 2023 Jun 30;3:11345. doi: 10.3389/adar.2023.11345. 
      eCollection 2023.