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Written by: Tucker Jiang Edited by: Kevin Schoenmakers & Yaling Jiang Production: Rongrong Zhuge For decades, selling cigarettes was one of the surest ways to make money in China

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While they noted that tobacco use has been on the decline for years, there has been an increase in e-cigarette use, which has become an issue at the high school bathrooms, they said

Toxicol Lett 208:2329 Ginzkey C, Friehs G, Koehler C, Hackenberg S, Hagen R, Kleinsasser NH (2013) Assessment of nicotineinduced DNA damage in a genotoxicological test battery

Recognizing their addictive potential, health authorities and medical communities consider caffeine and nicotine as drugs