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There are safety issues with the nicotine exposure from e-cigarettes, which may cause addiction and other adverse effects. [4] Concerns exist that vaping can be harmful by exposing users to toxic levels of nicotine. [11] Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and the elderly are more sensitive to nicotine than other individuals. [74]
Patients over 50 years old have an increased risk of intubation and might need longer hospitalizations. [2] CDC says patients should be advised to discontinue the use of vaping products upon hospital admission and during outpatient follow-up, to speed recovery and avoid potential recurrence of symptoms or lung injury. [2]
Tests like these keep showing there are short-term effects,” said Rizzo, who was not involved with the new study. Rizzo said he found it interesting that both the nicotine and non-nicotine vapes ...
Scientists do not know how harmful e-cigarettes are over the long-term [13] [14] because it is hard to separate the effects of vaping from the effects of smoking when so many people both vape and smoke. [note 4] [15] E-cigarettes have not been used widely enough or for long enough to be sure. [16] [17] [18]
Alex Martin, an eye health expert from Eyebot, says vaping may pose serious risks. Research shows that chemicals in vaping can damage the surface of the eye, disrupt tear film quality, harm the ...
Vaping has a teenage reputation, but many young women picked it up as a way to cope with pandemic anxiety. And they're finding their new addiction hard to quit. Shrouded in Watermelon-Mint Smoke ...
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 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has focused on what it continues to describe as a “youth e-cigarette epidemic,” even though vaping by teens has fallen by more than 60% since its peak in 2019.