E-cigarettes Increase Risk of Cigarette Smoking in YouthNalleyCatlin
Although the medical community is unanimous in its wish to limit, or even eliminate tobacco smoking, the role of electronic(e)-cigarettes in this process has been controversial. Will e-cigarettes be part of the solution by harm reduction - and are e-cigarettes really less harmful? Or will e...
Using e-cigarettes increases your odds of having a stroke, heart attack and coronary heart disease, according to preliminary research to be presented in Honolulu at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2019. In 2016, 3.2 percent of U.S. adults and 11.3 percent ofhigh...
They also found that people who used e-cigarettes and also smoked tobacco were at an even higher risk of developing chronic lung disease than those who used either product alone. E-cigarette users were 1.3 times more likely to develop chronic lung disease, while tobacco smokers increased their ...
of the odds of a heart attack, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco. This is the first evidence of a substantial, human health impact of the popular devices that were first introduced about a decade ago, indicating that e-cigarettes may be more dangerous than previously thought...
The researchers note that this is the largest study ever to have examined a possible association between e-cigarettes and stroke. Dr Paul Ndunda The results "weren't a big surprise because of what we'd seen in a few smaller observational studies of e-cigarette use and heart attacks. However...
Daily use of electronic cigarettes is associated with nearly a doubling of the odds of a heart attack, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco. This is the first evidence of a substantial, human health impact of the popular devices that were fir
"If you're a smoker and add e-cigarettes and become what's known as a dual user, which is the most common pattern, then the odds of developing lung disease are more than triple," said lead researcher Stanton Glantz, PhD, Director of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Educ...
Traditional cigarette use was also found to increase uveitis risk (HR: 1.28), but not as significantly as e-cigarette use. Additionally, patients with a history of both e-cigarette and cigarette use had a higher uveitis risk than those only using traditional cigarettes. ...
In this study of habitual e-cigarette users, we focus on 2 critical mechanisms by which tobacco cigarettes are known to promote cardiovascular disease: (1) a shift in the cardiac sympathovagal balance toward sympathetic predominance as assessed by heart rate variability (HRV)9 and (2) increased...