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This video from the US Surgeon General advises parents to "Know the Risks," and highlights how e-cigarettes have the potential to cause lasting harm to the health of young users, especially their brain development, which continues until about age 25. [72] E-cigarettes use by children and adolescents may result in nicotine addiction. [73]:
It's another reason to stop vaping in the new year. According to research, vaping, like smoking, has an immediate negative effect on the user’s blood flow — even if the vape does not contain ...
Vaping has quickly gained public awareness with greater use among adolescents and adults, resulting in greater inhaled second-hand vapor for adolescents, children, and infants. [134] Second-hand vapor does vary depending on the e-liquid, the device and in the way it is used.
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 ...
The firsthand aerosol is harmful for many reasons: Most e-cigarettes (99%) contain nicotine (though many do not disclose it), which can harm the developing adolescent brain (that keeps developing ...
A 2018 Cochrane review found that, in rare cases, nicotine replacement therapy can cause non-ischemic chest pain (i.e., chest pain that is unrelated to a heart attack) and heart palpitations, but does not increase the incidence of serious cardiac adverse events (i.e., myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiac death) relative to controls. [47]
U.S. health officials are investigating reports of 380 confirmed and probable cases of serious lung illnesses and at least six deaths linked to use of electronic cigarettes or vaping devices in 36 ...
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 ...