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- Title
E-cigarettes: What Nurses Need to Know.
- Authors
Hahn, Ellen J.; Riker, Carol A.; Brown, Holly
- Abstract
The article offers information on electronic or e-cigarettes. Topics include e-cigarette device components such as the cartridge and heating element as cartomizer, the amount of nicotine in e-cigarettes and volatile compounds from e-cigarette vapors including styrene, acetone and ethyl alcohol. It also mentions carcinogens such as formaldehyde, inclusion of e-cigarettes in smoke-free legislation and the role of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation.
- Subjects
AIR pollution; CARCINOGENS; DRUG overdose; ELECTRONICS; PASSIVE smoking; PROFESSIONS; SMOKING; INHALATION injuries
- Publication
Kentucky Nurse, 2014, Vol 62, Issue 2, p6
- ISSN
0742-8367
- Publication type
Article