The worst combination is vaping and smoking cigarettes every day, which increases your heart attack risk fivefold. There is a silver lining, though: If you only use e-cigs occasionally, then you have little to worry about as your heart attack risk does not significantly change. Another piece ...
Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Flavored Tobacco Are Reversing 20 Years of Decreasing Smoking RatesStone, AlecONS Voice
E-cigarettes typically heat a solution that contains nicotine, the drug that makes tobacco addictive. They are generally considered less harmful than cancer-causing traditional cigarettes. But there is little long-term research on the health effects of vaping. With one in four teenagers now using e...
No tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, are safe. Vaping is often thought of as safer than cigarette smoking, but vaping can also cause serious health problems. Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, often at high levels, which can have negative effects on brain development in teenagers. E-ci...
E-Cigarettes Expose Users to Toxic Chemicals “We have known for many years now that vaping is likely safer than combustible tobacco, at least in laboratory studies, but it is not safe, and vaping exposes users to many toxic chemicals,” saidAdam Goldstein, MD, MPH, a professor at UNC Fam...
National Cancer Institute.What we know about electronic cigarettes. Ashour AM.Use of vaping as a smoking cessation aid: a review of clinical trials.J Multidiscip Healthc. 2023;16:2137-2144. doi:10.2147/JMDH.S419945 ByMaggie O'Neill
So, how harmful are e-cigarettes and vaping? It depends on the role you think they play. 1) Are e-cigarettes a safer way to consume nicotine? About37.8 million adults smoke in the U.S., and e-cigarettes may provide a safer way for them to get their fix. ...
"We should be trying to get the balance right between not promoting something which is intrinsically safe—because cigarettes are not intrinsically safe—but at the same time recognizing they have a role to play inpublic healthand harm reduction." Does the evidence suggest that e-cigarettes are ...
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Despite their widespread reputation as a "safer" alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes (also known as electronic cigarettes or vapes) are far from harmless, particularly for adolescents, whose developing brains may suffer lifelong adverse effects from