(HealthDay)—Teen vaping levels remained high in 2020 but have not increased substantially since 2019, according to results from the annual Monitoring the Future survey, which is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Students in eighth, 10th, and 12th grade were surveyed regarding substance use behaviors during various…
Vaping warning: Using e-cigarettes could make you more vulnerable to coronavirus
Coronavirus death toll now sits at 137 in the UK. This news comes after NHS England have confirmed 29 more people in England have died in the past 24 hours. With this virus being a stark reality for almost everyone, taking the correct precautions to reduce your risk is an absolute…
New Studies Show How E-Cigarettes Could Be Even Worse for Heart Health Than Regular Cigarettes
Two new studies have emerged that show an unsettling link between electronic cigarette usage and heart health. Data from the studies — set to be presented and discussed at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2019 in Philadelphia this week, according to healthline.com — show that both cholesterol and integral…
US identifies likely culprit of vaping illness outbreak
Credit: CC0 Public Domain US health officials said Friday they had identified vitamin E acetate as the likely culprit behind a vaping-linked lung injury epidemic that has killed 39 people and sickened more than two thousand. Investigators have previously pointed to the oil, which is sometimes used as a thickening…
Teens Are Calling Help Hotlines as Vaping Illness Cases Rise
Hotlines to quit smoking, or “quitlines,” were designed to help people kick cigarette habits, but calls and texts from people who use e-cigarettes are climbing as more people fall ill with the mysterious and devastating respiratory illness linked to vaping. These are just a few of the messages that teen…
Keep calm and vape on: UK embraces e-cigarettes
While the U.S. scrambles to crack down on vaping, Britain has embraced electronic cigarettes as a powerful tool to help smokers kick the habit. Interested in Vaping? The Royal College of Physicians explicitly tells doctors to promote e-cigarettes “as widely as possible” to people trying to quit. Public Health England’s…
Aussies don’t know enough about nicotine vaping products
There are a lot of misconceptions around nicotine vaping products (NVP) in Australia, according to a survey of 470 pharmacy customers in Brisbane, 37 per cent of whom believed NVPs are just as harmful as regular cigarettes. Aussie researchers also found 76 per cent of respondents relied on family and friends…
Vaping: Smokers who switch could be less likely to use cigarettes again
One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to stop smoking. Quite rightly so, considering smoking is the biggest leading, preventable cause of death, worldwide. In fact, tobacco is the only legally-available product that kills up to one in every two users, when used as intended. There are a…