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The evolution of emcigarettes <br />Early e -cigarettes resembled conventional cigarettes and were called "cig-a-likes."They evolved into pen -shaped devices with small tanks that held "e juice." Tanks <br />got bigger, morphing into the "mods," which give users more control of the device. Now, USB -shaped e -cigarettes such as JUUL and Myblu are often discreetly used <br />by youth and pack a huge nicotine punch. <br />FACT: E -cigarettes are marketed toward youth. <br />IMPORTANT: <br />Your friends will find <br />you less annoying <br />Companies such as JUUL, NJoy, blu and MarkTen target youth with heavy marketing <br />in magazines and social media. In Minnesota, 88.4 percent of students had seen ads <br />promoting e -cigarettes in the past 30 days.3 E -cigarettes come in a variety of youth - <br />friendly flavors, such as gummy bear, fruit punch, chocolate, cherry crush and mango.' <br />(Images courtesy of trinketsandtrash.org) <br />SOURCES <br />1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of <br />Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General, Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, <br />Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health <br />Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, January 2014. <br />2 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018 Public Health Consequences of <br />E -Cigarettes. The National Academies Press. 2018 <br />3 Evered SR. Teens and Tobacco in Minnesota: Highlights from the 2017 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey <br />Minnesota Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Department of Health, February 2018. <br />4 US Surgeon General (2012). Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults. Atlanta, GA: <br />Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <br />The Association for Nonsmokers -Minnesota is dedicated to reducing <br />the human and economic costs of tobacco use in Minnesota. <br />(April 2018) <br />00, <br />� MMM9 <br />�l s <br />Association for Nonsmokers -Minnesota <br />2395 University Avenue W, Suite 310, St. Paul, MN 55114 <br />651-646-3005 1 www.ansrmn.org <br />