Electronic Cigarettes Affect Blood Circulation Even Though They Don't Contain Nicotine
While we know that regular cigarettes are bad we arent as sure for their electronic alternative. We are just starting to really look into their negative effects.
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Results of research that comes from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania what a quite unexpected result – electronic cigarettes negatively affect blood circulation even if they don't contain nicotine. So far, we usually talked about the negative effects of the liquid used in e-cigarettes. And sometimes we talked about vaping (inhaling the evaporated liquid) with a few different types of lung diseases.
Most people who vape use liquid that include nicotine. This alkaloid that can be found in tobacco has stimulating and relaxing effects. But it also unnaturally stimulates the heart. But mostly, it creates an extremely strong addiction.
But what the study found that even people who use liquids without any nicotine do endanger their health. To be more precise, they damage their blood vessels. Even vaping just occasionally can worsen blood circulation. The study tested 31 adult and healthy non-smokers. At first, these people underwent an MRI. Then they were tasked to vape an electric cigarette that had no nicotine in its liquid. And then, then they went to the MRI again.
And the study shows that even vaping once can lead to a noticeable decrease in the amount of blood flowing through femoral arteries. The disruption of the blood could increase the risk of a stroke or a heart attack. The reason for this could be the glycerol or propylene glycol which while relatively harmless on its own can have some of its molecules transformed during the evaporation process into toxic substances.
While this article might scare you into not vaping anymore – it certainly does scare me as a person who vapes – you should take it with a grain of salt. The number of people who participated in the study was quite low. And if you are currently using vaping to help you quit smoking altogether – you are still doing a good thing because even if the results will get confirmed they are still quite nothing in comparison with classical cigarettes.
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