"我得到了味道,这让我更喜欢蒸汽":年轻用户如何以及为什么修改电子尼古丁输送系统

Victoria Churchill1, Robert T Fairman2, Devon Brown3

  • 1Morehouse School of Medicine, Cancer Health Equity Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA.

概括

美国年轻人正在修改电子尼古丁输送系统 (ENDS),通常是通过用非法药物改变电子液体. 这引发了严重的健康问题,需要改变政策,以保护年轻人免受ENDS风险的影响.

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