Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between first and new-generation devices.

Konstantinos E Farsalinos1, Alketa Spyrou1, Kalliroi Tsimopoulou1

  • 1Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Sygrou 356, Kallithea 17674, Greece.

Scientific Reports
|February 27, 2014
PubMed
Summary

Newer electronic cigarette (EC) devices deliver more nicotine than older ones, but still less than tobacco cigarettes. Higher nicotine concentrations are needed for ECs to effectively substitute smoking.

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