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Beyond how it affects mental health, vaping THC — the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis — in particular has caused severe lung injuries linked to the vitamin E acetate found in such devices.
The health effects of long-term nicotine use is unknown. [18] It may be decades before the long-term health effects of nicotine e-cigarette aerosol inhalation is known. [19] Short-term nicotine use excites the autonomic ganglia nerves and autonomic nerves, but chronic use seems to induce negative effects on endothelial cells. [20]
Vaping has slightly declined among teens. The use of e-cigarettes among high schoolers decreased from 14.1% to 10% from 2022 to 2023, the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey found.
Regardless, vaping carries its own health risks. [1] [3] These risks depend on the vaping fluid used and varies according to design and user behavior. [4] The resulting aerosol affects respiratory, cardiovascular, immunologic and central nervous systems. [5] E-cigarettes also reduce lung function, reduce cardiac muscle function, and increase ...
A 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) report found that the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of vaping for quitting smoking is "scant and of low certainty". [9] Healthcare organizations in the United Kingdom in 2015 have encouraged smokers to try e-cigarettes to help them quit smoking and also encouraged e-cigarette users to quit ...
WASHINGTON −Six years after teen vaping was declared an epidemic, the use of e-cigarettes by young people has declined to its lowest level in a decade. “That’s a big deal,” Health and ...
Numerous health consequences for cigarette smoking have been thoroughly documented. The top negative health causes that have been causally linked to cigarette smoking include cancers of the upper digestive tract, lung cancer, and chronic diseases including diabetes, coronary heart diseases, pneumonia, and overall poorer immune function. [7]
Teen vaping is a problem that should be addressed, but taking kids out of their normal classes could cause unintended harm. It’s a classic case of sloppy legislating with unintended consequences.