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Vaping exposes non-users to particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 μm, which poses health risks to non-users. [86] E-cigarettes produce propylene glycol aerosols at levels known to cause eye and respiratory irritation to non-users. [146] A 2014 study demonstrated that non-smokers living with vaping device users were exposed to nicotine. [147]
The best way of all to protect children from the harms of eCigarette liquid and secondhand aerosol exposures is this: Don't vape, and if you do vape, quit. Despite that sound advice, vaping is ...
Vaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if the e-cigarette doesn’t contain nicotine, according to new research. The research – which has not been ...
In December 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that "alarming evidence" about the dangers of vaping was growing. How many people smoke in the UK? Smoking rates among UK adults have ...
Critics of vaping bans state that vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking tobacco products and that vaping bans incentivize people to return to smoking cigarettes. [127] For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking."
The rise in vaping is of great concern because the parts encompassing in greater cognitive activities including the prefrontal cortex of the brain continues to develop into the 20s. [1] Nicotine exposure during brain development may hamper growth of neurons and brain circuits, effecting brain architecture, chemistry, and neurobehavioral activity.
U.S. health officials continue to look for patterns in the hundreds of serious lung injuries reported in people who use electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices. The latest tally is 1,080 ...
Vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), [4] also known as vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) [1] or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), [2] [a] is an umbrella term, [15] [16] used to describe lung diseases associated with the use of vaping products that can be severe and life-threatening. [3]