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The 2015 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products notes that raising the minimum legal age of purchase of tobacco products would reduce youth smoking initiation, particularly among children ages 15 to 17, leading to substantial reductions in tobacco use, improve the health of Americans across lifespan, and save millions of lives
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The researchers also looked at health outcomes by how often someone reported using e-cigarettes, either daily or some days. When compared to non-e-cigarette users, daily e-cigarette users had higher odds of heart attack, coronary artery disease and depression/anxiety, whereas some days users were more likely to have a heart attack and suffer from depression/anxiety, with only a trend toward coronary artery disease
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PMID: 25970009 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25970009/