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  2. Health effects of electronic cigarettes - Wikipedia

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    However, if vaping is used as a way to get nicotine in situations where smoking is not convenient, vaping may negatively affect health. Other smoker-transition aids are available and may offer better safety and/or effectiveness profiles then vaping. Given equal effectiveness, relatively safety considerations would become paramount.

  3. Effects of nicotine on human brain development - Wikipedia

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    [notes 3] [14] Prenatal nicotine exposure has been associated with dysregulation of catecholaminergic, serotonergic, and other neurotransmitter systems. [15] E-liquid exposure whether intentional or unintentional from ingestion, eye contact, or skin contact can cause adverse effects such as seizures and anoxic brain trauma. [16]

  4. Electronic cigarette - Wikipedia

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    An exploded view of a typical e-cigarette design with transparent atomizer (labeled clearomizer in diagram) and changeable dual-coil head. An electronic cigarette consists of an atomizer, a power source such as a battery, [25] and a container for e-liquid such as a cartridge or tank.

  5. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    Smoking most commonly leads to diseases affecting the heart and lungs and will commonly affect areas such as hands or feet. First signs of smoking-related health issues often show up as numbness in the extremities, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and cancer, particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and ...

  6. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    The human eye is an organ which reacts to light for several purposes. As a conscious sense organ, the eye allows vision. Rod and cone cells in the retina allow conscious light perception and vision including color differentiation and the perception of depth. The human eye can distinguish about 10 million colors. [3]

  7. Visual impairment - Wikipedia

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    Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception.In the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment, visual impairment may cause the individual difficulties with normal daily tasks, including reading and walking. [6]

  8. Composition of electronic cigarette aerosol - Wikipedia

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    [notes 2] [4] The aerosol (mist [5]) produced by an e-cigarette is commonly but inaccurately called vapor. [notes 3] [1] E-cigarettes simulate the action of smoking, [7] but without tobacco combustion. [8] The e-cigarette aerosol looks like cigarette smoke to some extent. [9] E-cigarettes do not produce aerosol between puffs. [10]

  9. File:Youth Vaping Risks.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Short title: FDA and Scholastic Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Infographic: Image title: FDA and Scholastic Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Infographic: Author