An understanding of the potential risks and benefits of e-cigarette use may help clinicians counsel smokers about the potential impact of e-cigarettes on health.doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2018.03.002Camenga Deepa R.Tindle Hilary A.Med Clin North AmMedical Clinics of North America...
This may speak to the power of e-cigarette advertisements, as claims of harm reduction or benefits have not necessarily been required to be validated by clinical or scientific evidence. While studies of the safety and benefits of e-cigarettes compared to tobacco smoke are still few, some have ...
“To make a long story short, the jury is still out on the long-term impact of e-cigarettes,”Elizabeth Ratchford, MD,associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins ...
E-cigarettes: the need for clear com- munication on relative risks. Lancet. 2015;386(10000):1237. doi:10.1016/ S0140-6736(15)00079-3.A. McNeill, L. S. Brose, R. Calder, S. C. Hitchman, P. Hajek, and H. McRobbie, "E-cigarettes: the need for clear communication on relative ...
We report the findings of a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials examining the risks and benefits of tight glucose control as compared with usual care in critically ill adults. In addition to the overall analysis, we conducted subgroup analyses on 2 variables that have been debated in ...
adults: insights from a cross-sectional study Umesh Raj Aryal1* and Dharma Nand Bhatta2,3 Abstract Background: Perceptions of smoking-related health risks and benefits among young adults (18–24 years) and their smoking behaviour have not been adequately studied in low-income countries like ...
TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nicotine-laden e-cigarettes raise a user's risk of blood clots, damage small blood vessels and can also raise heart rate and blood pressure, a new study finds. The effects are similar to those caused by traditional cigarettes, a...
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician Nancy Rigotti, MD, outlines what is and is not known about the risks and benefits of e-cigarettes in a commentary published in the February 13 issue ofAnnals of Internal Medicine. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicin...
Clinical studies are needed to study the risks and potential benefits of e-cigarettes as alternatives to traditional combustible cigarettes. Since the long-term health impact of e-cigarettes may take decades to emerge, more molecular and laboratory studies are needed in the interim to help determine...
Efforts to inform consumers more thoroughly about the risks of use and the benefits of nonuse raise practical questions of how this information can be communicated most effectively to the consumer and what role, if any, the manufacturers should have in communicating such information. Regulation ...