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hide. The health effects of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) include a range of potential risks such as exposure to toxic chemicals, the possibility of increased likelihood of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and concerns about their possible role in cancer development. Upon their introduction, there were marketing claims that they ...
A half million fewer school-age kids vaped this year than last – a win for public health officials who have warned for years of the health risks posed by these nicotine-delivering devices.
"Vaping is smoking and smoking is vaping," said Dr. Iyaad Hasan, chief operating officer of the Breathing Association. and a tobacco treatment specialist for the group's Quit for Good clinic. "We ...
There is concern among tobacco control academics and advocates that prevalent universal vaping "will bring its own distinct but as yet unknown health risks in the same way tobacco smoking did, as a result of chronic exposure", among other things. [220] Medical organizations differ in their views about the health implications of vaping. [221]
Yet, teen vaping rates appeared to fall by about 40% in 2020, as many were going to school remotely, according to a 2021 CDC survey, which was conducted online for the first time.
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]
Aug. 23—After years of climbing rates of New Mexico teens taking up vaping, those numbers are finally going down. In the place of e-cigarettes, however, New Mexico Department of Health officials ...
Contents. Positions of medical organizations on electronic cigarettes. 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 ...