Ragan said, Were missing out on an opportunity here, and I think that as vaping becomes even more popular, this is going to be information that we wish we had that we dont have. Theres a good spot in ICD-10-CM for vaping dependence, but the code doesnt exist at the moment: F17.23
If you dig into older medical literature from the early 2000s, you might even stumble across some bizarre, heavily debated claims that smoking somehow reduced severe acne
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These efforts, in addition to health warning labels on cigarette packs, as well as legislation restricting cigarette use in public places, contributed to negative public perceptions and made smoking a less acceptable social practice, which paralleled the changes in population-level smoking behavior 22,23,24,25,35,36