A total of 20,675 students participated in this survey to create a representative cluster of students attending public and private secondary schools
"We share the common goal of moving adult smokers from cigarettes to potentially less harmful alternatives, but prohibition does not work," said Altria in a statement
however, this is not always the case
Without these chemical signals, a colony-wide defensive response is less likely to occur
Whilst e-cigarettes are considered to be of lower harm to individuals than tobacco-based cigarettes, there remain concerns about possible long-term effects, and the introduction of young people to nicotine, particularly if they had not previously smoked cigarettes
Too many Americans are harmed by cigarette smoking, which is the nations leading preventable cause of death and disease, said CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D