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  2. Health effects of electronic cigarettes - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Nicotine poisoning - Wikipedia

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    The LD 50 of nicotine is 50 mg/kg for rats and 3 mg/kg for mice. 0.5–1.0 mg/kg can be a lethal dosage for adult humans, and 0.1 mg/kg for children. [19] [20] However the widely used human LD 50 estimate of 0.5–1.0 mg/kg was questioned in a 2013 review, in light of several documented cases of humans surviving much higher doses; the 2013 review suggests that the lower limit causing fatal ...

  4. Vaping-associated pulmonary injury - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Smokeless tobacco keratosis - Wikipedia

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    Specialty. Dentistry. Smokeless tobacco keratosis (STK) [4] is a condition which develops on the oral mucosa (the lining of the mouth) in response to smokeless tobacco use. Generally it appears as a white patch, located at the point where the tobacco is held in the mouth. The condition usually disappears once the tobacco habit is stopped.

  6. Electronic cigarette - Wikipedia

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    Nicotine is associated with cardiovascular disease, possible birth defects, and poisoning. [148] In vitro studies of nicotine have associated it with cancer, but carcinogenicity has not been demonstrated in vivo. [148] There is inadequate research to show that nicotine is associated with cancer in humans. [170]

  7. Nicotine replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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    Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a medically approved way to treat people with tobacco use disorder by taking nicotine through means other than tobacco. [ 6 ] It is used to help with quitting smoking or stopping chewing tobacco. [ 1 ][ 7 ] It increases the chance of quitting tobacco smoking by about 55%. [ 8 ]

  8. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Smoking cessation, usually called quitting smokingor stopping smoking, is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking.[1] Tobacco smokecontains nicotine, which is addictiveand can cause dependence. [2][3]As a result, nicotine withdrawaloften makes the process of quitting difficult.

  9. Nicotine - Wikipedia

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    Nicotine is a hygroscopic, colorless to yellow-brown, oily liquid, that is readily soluble in alcohol, ether or light petroleum. It is miscible with water in its neutral amine base form between 60 °C and 210 °C. It is a dibasic nitrogenous base, having K b1 =1×10 −6, K b2 =1×10 −11. [ 163 ]