chemicals, and flavorings to turn them into a vapor you breathe in, similar to smoking. Unfortunately, the chemicals in this vapor contain formaldehyde, heavy metals, and other toxins that are known to cause cancer.Studieshave shown that exposure to this vapor leads to the same DNA damage ...
What we do know is that e-cigarettes contain 15 times the amount of formaldehyde found in traditional cigarettes, and that this cancer-causing chemical is associated with increased risk of lung, oral and bladder cancer. How do e-cigarettes work? Also called vape pens or e-hookahs, these dev...
Formaldehyde Nickel Toluene Other toxic vape substances include components you may recognize, like chlorine andmercury. Substances in vapes known to damage internal organs include benzaldehyde, cadmium, crotonaldehyde, and dimethylnitrosamine. It will be some time before it's known conclusively whether the...
An “association” doesn’t prove a causal connection. It means that some e-cigarette users had heart attacks at some point in their lives. It doesn’t necessarily mean they had heart attacks after they began vaping, because that question wasn’t asked. It may prove that more vapers have ...
Stephen Broderick, Johns Hopkins lung cancer surgeon, says “By now, it seems pretty clear that using e-cigarettes, or vaping, is bad for your lungs. In the last 24 to 36 months, I’ve seen an explosive uptick of patients who vape… we simply don’t know the short- or long-term ef...