Electronic cigarettes linked to gasping in adults

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New Delhi, Mar03, (ANI): According to a recent study, electronic cigarette use (vaping) is associated with wheezing in adults. The study was published in the journal ‘Tobacco Control’. The study found that people who vaped were nearly twice are likely to experience wheezing compared to people who who didn’t regularly use tobacco products. Wheezing, which is caused by narrowed or abnormal airways, is often a precursor to other serious health conditions such as emphysema, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, heart failure, lung cancer and sleep apnea. Study author Deborah J. Ossip said that, “The changes we’re seeing with vaping, both in laboratory experiments and study of people who vape, are consistent with early signs of lung damage which is very worrisome.” Senior study author Irfan Rahman said that the research clearly identifies another health repercussion from vaping. With the emergence of small, sleek vaping devices that are used with nicotine pods in hundreds of different flavours researchers fear the number of young people who vape will continue to grow and that serious health consequences, including allergies, loss of immunity, and subsequent infections will follow. According to the report, in 2018 vaping increased by 78 percent among ninth to 12th graders and 48 percent in sixth to eighth graders.

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Electronic cigarettes linked to gasping in adults

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