CDC: Number of teens hooked on e-cigs might be greatly underestimated because many teens don't know

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181. There you are! The same person who argued this point last week -- apparently it doesn't

matter how many times and in how many ways you are exposed to the correct information, you cannot take it in.

But I'm going to answer this anyway, in case someone else might benefit, who would actually read the post.

E-cigs are the same as hookah-pens which are the same as vape pens which are the same as e-hookahs, etc., etc. The technology and the hardware is exactly the same. (See below)

Most of them, by whatever name, and whether sweet-flavored or not, contain nicotine; but it is possible to use them with a fluid not containing nicotine. Unfortunately, there is no regulation requiring nicotine labeling, so many high school students don't know what they're actually using. Especially when they just get handed a hookah by a friend at a party.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/e-cigarettes-under-aliases-elude-the-authorities.html?action=click&module=Search

These devices are part of a subgenre of the fast-growing e-cigarette market and are being shrewdly marketed to avoid the stigma associated with cigarettes of any kind. The products, which are exploding in popularity, come in a rainbow of colors and candy-sweet flavors but, beneath the surface, they are often virtually identical to e-cigarettes, right down to their addictive nicotine and unregulated swirl of other chemicals.

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Marketers of e-hookahs and hookah pens say they are not trying to reach young people. But they do say that they want to reach an audience that wants no part of e-cigarettes and that their customers prefer the association with traditional hookahs, or water pipes.

“The technology and hardware is the same,” said Adam Querbach, head of sales and marketing for Romman Inc. of Austin, Tex., which operates several websites that sell hookahs as well as e-cigarettes and e-hookahs. “A lot of the difference is branding.”