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The scientific community in the United States and Europe are primarily concerned with the possible effect of electronic cigarette use on public health. [1] There is concern among public health experts that e-cigarettes could renormalize smoking, weaken measures to control tobacco, [2] and serve as a gateway for smoking among youth. [3]
Graphic from an October 2014 United States Fire Administration (USFA) report entitled Electronic Cigarette Fires and Explosions. [104] The USFA said that 25 fires and explosions in the US were the result of vaping between 2009 and August 2014. [104] E-cigarettes typically use lithium batteries, which may fail if defective [105] or misused. [11]
The Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act, officially recorded as Republic Act No. 11900, is a law in the Philippines which aims to regulate the "importation, sale, packaging, distribution, use and communication of vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products and novel tobacco products", such as electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products. [1]
A new paper, sponsored by a tobacco and e-cigarette company, tested both e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke on lung cells. Study claims vaping less harmful to lung cells than cigarettes Skip to ...
Take a recent study, which tested both e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke on lung cells and found e-cigarettes to be much less harmful. In fact, e-cigarettes only damaged the cells when vapor ...
E-cigarette vapor is made up of fine and ultrafine particles of particulate matter. [55] Vaping [notes 7] generates particulate matter 2.5 μm or less in diameter (PM 2.5), but at notably less concentrations compared to cigarette smoke. [55] Particle concentrations from vaping ranged from 6.6 to 85.0 μg/m 3. [53]
A 2018 review states that "The recent advent of 'vitamin vaping' and aggressive marketing by some e-cigarette companies that claim that vaping e-cigarettes containing a variety of vitamins (vitamins A, B12, C, and D) is worrying as at this current time, clinically determining the concentration of any given vitamin that is systemically absorbed ...
An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), or vape, [note 1] [1] is a device that simulates smoking. It consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, and a container such as a cartridge or tank. Instead of smoke, the user inhales vapor. [2] As such, using an e-cigarette is often called "vaping". [3]