Quit Smoking, Electronic Cigarettes and Nicotine: Radio Mayo Clinic

In the Mayo Clinic's radio podcast, Dr. Jon Ebbert, Associate Director of the Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Addiction Center, talks about smoking cessation, nicotine addiction, and electronic cigarettes.

This interview was originally broadcast on August 3, 2019.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the use of cigarettes has reached its lowest point in history. But there is a new problem: electronic cigarettes. These battery-powered devices have been introduced to the market to help smokers pbad traditional cigarettes. They work by heating a liquid in an aerosol that the user is breathing. They are not a help to stop smoking that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The use of electronic cigarettes, also called vaping, has become increasingly popular among teenagers and young adults.

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