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...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research published inThe FASEB Journalindicates that e-cigarettes can cause cellular and molecular changes in the lungs. Specifically, prolonged inhalation of e-cigarette aerosols by mice caused changes in the animals' pulmonary immune cell composition and altered gene and...
E-cigarettes may not be as harmless as you think. In 2019, a mysterious lung disease, now calledEVALI, shows thatvaping has its own serious health risks—as well as somepretty gross side effectsand evidence thatvaping impacts fertility.Vaping affects your lungs, too. It can affect genes that...
Thanks to our calculator, you will learn what amount of benzo[a]pyrene goes into your lungs throughout a year of normal breathing. We will convert it into the number of cigarettes you have to smoke to reach such a high dosage. Just choose your city and type in the average time you spe...
I think my long and active life must be 2. to the healthy life I live. I know how easy it is to start smoking and how 3. it is to stop. During adolescence I also became 4. to cigarettes. When l was young I didn't know that it could do 5. to my heart and lungs. 6. did...
On the other hand, middle and low-income countries still have a long way to go. Keeping track ofhow many people smoke cigarettesshould be understood as a priority of healthcare providers and governments worldwide. The effects of smoking cigarettesare deadly, and they damage the economy too as...
As I’ve established, dipping is not smoking, and because of this, it can be very hard for the dipper who wants to quit to find help specific to the addiction. For example, items designed to help, like nicotine patches, lozenges, and even e-cigarettes, are tailored to appease the nicot...
Cardiologists have issued a stark warning about the dangers of e-cigarettes, particularly for young people, as results of new research show the damage they cause to the brain, heart, blood vessels and lungs.
Tobacco smoking remains a key cause of preventable illness and death globally. In response, many countries provide extensive services to help people to stop smoking by offering a variety of effective behavioural and pharmacological therapies. However, ma
This risk goes away quickly, though, after stopping the pills. Also consumption of these pills increase the chance of having strokes and heart attack, particularly if the women is smoking. But there is also a long term benefits to it that is there is a lower risk of ovary cancer, colon ...