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Health committee  You are absolutely right when you say that nicotine is highly addictive, but that's a function of the mode of delivery. When you deliver nicotine through the patch or the gum, so transdermally or orally, it's not very addictive at all. In fact, it has a very low abuse liability,

November 4th, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. David Hammond

Health committee  I think it's difficult to say, because we have many different types of products, and generations of products; but the answer is, to date, that conversion rate is very low. We see a very small fraction of young people who try e-cigarettes go on to use them with any frequency. That

November 4th, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. David Hammond

Health committee  Thank you very much. I know you've heard from a lot of speakers, so I'm going to be brief. I'm a researcher. I've conducted research on tobacco products, and we're preparing a clinical trial on e-cigarettes. I want to focus on two issues today: I have some Canadian evidence that

November 4th, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. David Hammond