Health
Is vaping a scourge on your skin?
Burns on the face, arms and hands that require skin grafts. Acne boils and ugly rashes. Black hairy tongue and other oral lesions.
Feb 5, 2020
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News tagged with e-cigarettes
Health
How safe is vaping?
On the heels of another damning statistic against tobacco—it kills more than 7 million people each year, the World Health Organization said recently—come questions about whether vaping is a healthier substitute.
Jul 7, 2017
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Potentially dangerous synthetic cooling agents are used at high levels in e-cigarettes and refillable vaping liquids
E-cigarette makers are adding potentially dangerous levels of the synthetic cooling agents WS-3 and WS-23 to disposable e-cigarettes and e-cigarette refills sold in the U.S., according to research published at the ATS 2022 ...
May 16, 2022
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E-cig health claims up in smoke
They've been hailed as the danger-free alternative to nicotine-based cigarettes. But are electronic cigarettes really safer? The short answer: no.
Apr 3, 2018
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Can vapes save the world from smoking?
Karl Erik Lund first puffed on a cigarette at a party not long after smoking rates peaked in Norway. In the mid 1970s, almost half of adults in the country smoked. Lund, who is now 60, was young and would never take to smoking ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Nicotine in E-cigarettes damages DNA, mouse study suggests
The nicotine in e-cigarettes seems to damage DNA in ways that may increase cancer risk, a new study in mice suggests.
Jan 29, 2018
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Medications
Legalizing marijuana found to decrease use of alcohol, pain meds and cigarettes
A team of researchers at the University of Washington, working with a colleague at Multnomah County Health Department and Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division has found that when a state decriminalizes recreational ...
Genetics
Vaping—not prior smoking—is associated with changes in gene regulation linked to disease
Since they hit the market, e-cigarettes have been touted as a safe alternative to tobacco cigarettes for adult smokers. When research began to suggest otherwise, many questioned whether smoking was still to blame for adverse ...
Nov 23, 2021
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E-cigarettes alter inflammatory state of brain, heart, lungs and colon, research shows
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that daily use of pod-based e-cigarettes alters the inflammatory state across multiple organ systems, including the brain, heart, lungs and colon. ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Juul users are inhaling chemicals not listed on the label
When it comes to e-cigarettes, the ingredients listed are not all that users are consuming. Yale researchers found that chemical reactions in flavored liquids of the popular Juul e-cigarette create unexpected chemicals that ...
Jul 30, 2019
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