Study reveals cancer-causing chemicals on e-cigarettes

stgist.com – 28 de Julio 2016 – EEUU
Carcinogen, according to several dictionaries including the Merriam-Webster, is a substance capable of causing cancers in living tissue. That is to say, foods we eat or things available in the market that have high levels of carcinogen must be avoided at all times for longer life.

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Teen vaping could reverse progress in the control of tobacco

eurekalert.org – 11 de Julio 2016 – EEUU
A new USC study debunks the popular belief that electronic cigarettes are merely a substitute for cigarettes among teens. Instead, the study suggests that some teens who never would have smoked cigarettes are now vaping.

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E-cigarettes 'as dangerous for unborn babies as regular tobacco'

independent.co – 11 de Febrero de 2016– Canadá 

Pregnant women who smoke may harm their babies' brain development if they turn to e-cigarettes to satisfy their nicotine craving, scientists have warned.

New research suggests that e-cigarette vapour may be as damaging as tobacco smoke to the nervous systems of the foetus or newborn infant.

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Is E-Cig Waste More “Dangerous” Than Traditional Cigarettes?

ciwm-journal.co.uk – 29 de Julio de 2015 – UK

Tons of plastics and batteries from Britain’s 2m e-cigs are ending up in landfill, according to waste management company Business Waste.

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Tobacco use drops as e-cigarettes surge

juneauempire.com – 5 de Julio de 2015 – EEUU

ANCHORAGE — Alaska officials say e-cigarettes may be responsible for last year’s larger-than-normal drop in tobacco revenue.

Tobacco consumption in the state has dipped to its lowest point since the latest available records in 2001 and there is an increase in e-cigarette use, but state officials say it isn’t clear whether the product is diverting sales from traditional cigarettes, Alaska Dispatch News reported.

State officials say a lack of tax data makes e-cigarette use hard to track.

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Does Switching to E-Cigarettes Make Your Body Any Healthier?

healthline.com – 7 de Abril de 2015 – EEUU

There’s little question the body begins to repair itself almost immediately after a person quits smoking.

Scientists say in as little as a month the lungs are already cleaning out gunky residue so you can breathe easier.

In fact, someone who quits smoking before they turn 40 can expect to live as healthy a life as someone who never smoked at all, according to Dr. Jonathan Samet, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist at the University of Southern California. How’s that for good news on World Health Day?

But how about people who quit smoking regular cigarettes and switch to electronic cigarettes? Does their health likewise improve?

The short answer is medical researchers aren’t sure.

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New CDC Anti-Smoking Ad Features E-Cig User

hereandnow.wbur.org – 30 de Marzo de 2015 – EEUU

Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control introduces the latest member of its “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign, Kristy.

Kristy is a 35-year-old wife and mother who tried to quit smoking by using e-cigarettes but ended up just smoking both.

Kristy, who suffered a collapsed lung, will appear in print and radio ads talking about her experience with the products.

Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tells Here & Now’s Robin Young e-cigarettes are posing new, problematic trends.

Frieden says the number of young people smoking e-cigarettes has exploded.

“Undoubtedly, the case that many of those kids are going to be dealing with nicotine addiction,” Frieden said. “It’s a tobacco product, it’s nicotine, it’s highly addictive, and once people are hooked on nicotine the possibility, the likelihood, that they will smoke regular cigarettes is significant.”

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Schools Cracking Down on E-Cig Use

wtvy.com – 16 de Febrero de 2015 – EEUU

Schools are cracking down on e-cigarette use.

The devices heat a nicotine solution to make a vapor instead of using tobacco.

They're becoming popular among teens and schools say these e-cigs can be used for illegal drugs as well, mostly marijuana.

Many schools have added e cigs into their anti-tobacco policies, punishing students with detention, a letter home, and sometimes a tobacco education class.

But other schools in states like North Carolina, New Jersey, Washington are grouping the devices in with bongs and pipes.

That means students could face long suspensions and even have possession of drug paraphernalia marked on their school record.

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E-cig toxins; younger women at heart attack risk

hometownfocus.us – 6 de Febrero de 2015 – EEUU

Q: My husband has been puffing on e-cigarettes for over a year, and he’s pretty much given up tobacco. I’m grateful, but I’d like him to give up the gadget, too. Can you give me some ammunition? -- Audrey S., Saugerties, New York

A: Absolutely. E-cigarettes are not harmless, although they are currently unregulated. Different brands and types of e-cigs contain varying levels of toxins. A new study for the Japanese Ministry of Health found that some e-cig vapors contained 10 times more formaldehyde than regular tobacco smoke, and formaldehyde is a very potent carcinogen. Puffing a lot on the device can overwork the heating element, releasing additional toxins (there even have been reports of e-cigarettes exploding).

A University of South California study found that some e-cigarettes contain four times more nickel than tobacco cigarettes, plus chromium (which is not found in regular smokes). Replacement cartridges may contain lead, zinc and other toxic metals. Although they are found at lower levels than in tobacco cigarettes, they’re still NOT good for you!

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California Says E-Cigarettes a Health Risk

wsj.com – 28 de Enero de 2015 – EEUU

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has come out against electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), releasing a new report on Wednesday outlining their risks.

“E-cigarettes contain nicotine and other harmful chemicals, and the nicotine in them is as addictive as the nicotine in cigarettes,” CDPH director and state health officer Dr. Ron Chapman said in a statement about his report. “There is a lot of misinformation about e-cigarettes. That is why, as the state’s health officer, I am advising Californians to avoid the use of e-cigarettes and keep them away from children of all ages.”

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Lab tests imply risk in e-cigarette vapor

daily-chronicle.com – 22 de Enero de 2015 – EEUU

Using certain electronic cigarettes at high temperature settings could potentially release more formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, than smoking traditional cigarettes does, new lab tests suggest.

The research does not prove a health risk – it involved limited testing on just one brand of e-cigarettes and was done in test tubes. It also does not mean e-cigarettes are better or worse than regular ones; tobacco smoke contains dozens of things that can cause cancer.

It does highlight how little is known about the safety of e-cigarettes – battery-powered devices that heat liquid to deliver nicotine in a vapor rather than from burning tobacco.

“It’s a potential red flag,” one independent expert – Stephen Hecht, a chemist and tobacco researcher at the University of Minnesota – said of the study. “Under some conditions, e-cigarettes might be generating more formaldehyde than you’d want to be exposed to. But I don’t think we know enough yet. There’s a huge variety in the makeup of these cigarettes and how they are used.”

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telemundodenver.com – 16 de diciembre de 2014 –EEUU

Jóvenes prefieren cigarrillos electrónicos

ARIZONA - El uso de los cigarrillos electrónicos parece ser la nueva tendencia entre los adolescentes que viven en los Estados Unidos.

De acuerdo al estudio llamado “Observando el Futuro” de la Universidad de Michigan, los jóvenes ya no parecen tener una fuerte atracción hacia los cigarrillos de tabaco.

Durante el proceso de investigación se realizó una encuesta entre 40 mil y 50 mil estudiantes de unas 400 escuelas en todo el país, y se reveló que más del doble de los jóvenes que cursan el octavo y décimo grado usan cigarrillos electrónicos, mientras que el 14 por cierto de aquellos que cursan los últimos años de preparatoria usaron un cigarrillo de tabaco.

El estudio también reveló que el 9 por ciento de los estudiantes de octavo grado indicaron haber usado un cigarrillo electrónico en los últimos 30 días, mientras que sólo el 4 por ciento reportó haber usado un cigarrillo de tabaco.

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connecttristates.com – 9 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

New proposed bill to affect e-cig packaging

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bbc.com – 3 de diciembre de 2014 – UK

E-cigarette use by children concerns fuelled by research

Three times as many children have tried e-cigarettes as have smoked tobacco, according to official figures.

It has reinforced concerns that using the devices could become a "gateway" to smoking cigarettes.

The study found 6% of 10 to 11-year-olds in Wales said they had used e-cigarettes, compared to 2% who had smoked tobacco.

Children who tried e-cigarettes were seven times more likely to say they might start smoking within two years.

They were also more likely to use e-cigarettes if their parents were smokers.

'Re-normalise' smoking

The vast majority of children who had tried e-cigarettes had never tried tobacco, according to the latest Childhood Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (CHETS) study.

But the study found evidence to suggest that e-cigarette use may lead children to smoke tobacco.

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dailymail.co.uk – 4 de diciembre de 2014 – UK

Children are THREE times more likely to try e-cigarettes than tobacco: Devices are 'luring youngsters to smoke', scientists warn

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mensfitness.com – 17 de Octubre de 2014 – UK

Are E-Cigarettes More Dangerous Than Their Conventional Counterparts?

Kicking your Camels to the curb in favor of e-cigarettes may provide a "healthier" nicotine buzz, but it might also put your body in the line of fire--literally. Dave Aspinall, a 48-year-old from Wigan, England, was smoking an e-cig when it overheated, exploded, and impaled his legs with shards of metal—similar to how shrapnel shoots out from bombs.

Aspinall nearly lost his flat in the blaze that followed the explosion. He told The Sun, "It glowed and burned in my hand. I dropped it and it exploded. There was lots of blood, a huge hole in one leg and a gash in the other."

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thehill.com – 7 de Octubre de 2014 – EEUU

Health officials grapple with new generation of e-cigarette smokers

Fifty years after the U.S. Surgeon General's first report about the dangers of smoking, public health officials are wrestling with how to regulate electronic cigarettes, as no government studies address the dangers of these products.

Senate Democrats and public health groups warn e-cigarettes will attract new smokers, including children, who have never used traditional cigarettes before. But others say e-cigarettes can help ween existing smokers off of traditional cigarettes, which are believed to be more harmful.

To this end, the FDA is currently funding 37 studies, but none of them have been completed yet.

Smoking-related diseases are coming to the forefront this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launches a social media memorial to remember the 20 million smokers who have lost their lives since the Surgeon General's report in 1964.

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abc.net.au – 5 de Octubre de 2014 – Australia

Tobacco giant British American in push to make e-cigarettes 'medicine' in Australia: health advocates concerned

Tobacco giant British American has been lobbying the Therapeutic Goods Administration to introduce an electronic cigarette into Australia, describing it as a "medicine".

The information emerged in documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws by the ABC.

Health advocates are worried that allowing big tobacco companies into the e-cigarette market could unleash a wave of seductive advertising that would lure young people into taking up the habit.

Electronic cigarettes are a multi-billion-dollar business overseas, but in Australia they remain largely unregulated and legally contentious.

Long-time tobacco opponent Professor Simon Chapman, from Sydney University, said describing e-cigarettes as medicine was "Orwellian" and destructive to society.

"That's the only word I can think [of] that's apposite here," he said.

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sumedico.com – 25 de septiembre de 2014 – EEUU

Cigarros electrónicos igual de dañinos que el tabaco

Pacientes con cáncer que utilizan cigarrillos electrónicos para dejar el tabaco, tienen las mismas probabilidades de dejar de fumar y el grado de dependencia a la nicotina es el mismo que quienes no lo usan, indicaron investigadores del Memorial Sloan Kettering Cáncer Center de Nueva York.

En la investigación, dirigida por Jamie Ostroff, participaron un total de mil 74 pacientes de cáncer que fumaban y que habían sido inscritos entre 2012 y 2013 en algún programa de deshabituación tabáquica.

En los programas se triplicó el uso de cigarrillos electrónicos, de 10.6 al 38.5 por ciento de los pacientes.

Aún con este uso, los especialistas observaron que los usuarios de cigarros electrónicos eran más dependientes a la nicotina que los no usuarios; incluso solían abandonar el programa antes que quienes no utilizaban estos dispositivos. Además, se diagnosticaron más casos de cáncer de pulmón, cabeza o cuello.

Al final del estudio, los científicos concluyeron que los usuarios de los dispositivos tenían las mismas probabilidades que los no usuarios de ser fumadores (Con información de Infosalus).

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