e-cigとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

e-cig (plural e-cigs)

1. (informal) Syllabic abbreviation of electronic cigarette.
   • 2019 March 8, Jeneen Interlandi, “Vaping Is Big Tobacco’s Bait and Switch”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 22 November 2019:

     The tobacco industry is pushing a new kind of smoking device — the e-cig or vape pen — that it says is far healthier than traditional cigarettes: no tobacco, no tar, just nicotine and flavored vapor. […] E-cig makers say, and some health experts believe, that e-cigs could help lower these terrible numbers, because they contain far fewer toxins than traditional tobacco cigarettes.

   • 2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 15, column 3:

     Laranya Caslin [...] told the health and social care committee e-cigs are “a much bigger issue” than smoking - estimating one in four kids uses them.

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