Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94127, USA; email:
Fielding School of Public Health and Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA; email:
Annu Rev Public Health. 2018 Apr 1;39:189-191. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-102417-124810. Epub 2018 Jan 11.
Two contrasting reviews (authored by Abrams et al. and Glantz & Bareham) in this volume have reached opposing conclusions on the effects of electronic cigarettes in a debate that is dividing the scientific and professional communities that have devoted careers to controlling the manufacture, advertising, sale, and use of combustible cigarettes. The research on the types, degree, and extent of harm from e-cigarettes is far from complete and, together with trends in teenage smoking and vaping, has raised new questions and prospects about the potential benefits that the new electronic products offer smokers of combustible cigarettes in quitting or at least cutting back on the known risks associated with the traditional forms of smoking. The rapidly morphing forms, constituents, promotions, and uses of the electronic varieties of the new nicotine delivery products (in this case electronic cigarettes) make research on their biological and behavioral effects moving targets. The two sides of this argument have produced a global divide on policy strategies.
这一卷中有两篇观点截然相反的评论（作者分别为 Abrams 等人和 Glantz & Bareham），它们就电子烟的影响展开了辩论，这一分歧在致力于控制可燃香烟制造、广告、销售和使用的科学界和专业界中引发了争议。关于电子烟的种类、程度和危害范围的研究远未完成，再加上青少年吸烟和蒸气吸烟的趋势，这引发了关于新电子产品为可燃香烟吸烟者提供的潜在益处的新问题和前景，这些潜在益处在于帮助吸烟者戒烟或至少减少与传统吸烟形式相关的已知风险。新型尼古丁输送产品（在这种情况下是电子烟）的快速变化的形式、成分、促销和使用方式，使得对其生物和行为影响的研究成为了移动目标。这一争论的双方在政策策略上产生了全球性分歧。
