What Does Vaping Do? New Research Shows Damage and Addiction

SOURCES: 

Jake Warn, Winslow, ME. 

Mary Lou Warn, Winslow, ME.

Tobacco Control: “Nicotine delivery and cigarette equivalents from vaping a JUULpod.”

Maine Department of Health and Human Services: “Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey.”

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence: “Patterns of nicotine concentrations in electronic cigarettes sold in the United States, 2013-2018.”

Insider: “The creator of the nicotine patch says that ‘anti-vaping forces’ are trying to kill the life-saving e-cig industry.”

JAMA Network Open: “Nicotine Addiction and Intensity of e-Cigarette Use by Adolescents in the US, 2014 to 2021.”

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine: “The effect of e-cigarette aerosol emissions on respiratory health: a narrative review.”

European Respiratory Journal: “E-cigarette use and respiratory disorders: an integrative review of converging evidence from epidemiological and laboratory studies.”

American Journal of Preventive Medicine: “Association of E-Cigarette Use With Respiratory Disease Among Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis.”

Toxicology Sciences: “E-Cigarette Aerosol Exposure Induces Reactive Oxygen Species, DNA Damage, and Cell Death in Vascular Endothelial Cells.”

Nigar Nargis, PhD, senior scientific director of tobacco control research, American Cancer Society.

Hilary Schneider, director of government relations, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Maine. 

Rachel Boykan, MD, clinical professor of pediatrics, attending doctor, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook, NY.