Warning to parents: Tell your children vaping is not safe.

SMOKING prevention; CARCINOGENS; NICOTINE; PARENTS; SUBSTANCE abuse; ELECTRONIC cigarettes; CHILDREN

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) - another phrase for e-cigarettes or 'vaping' - should clearly convey the message that whether your child is inhaling smoke or is 'vaping' it, an addictive substance is involved. In addition, the assumption that vaping does not involve carcinogens is wrong, according to an article published in the Oct. 23 issue of JAMA Pediatrics on the 'Patient Page.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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