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Study Identifies Nicotine E-Cigarettes, Prescription Drugs, and Dual Nicotine Replacement Therapy as Most Effective Smoking Cessation Aids – India Education Diary

Study Identifies Nicotine E-Cigarettes, Prescription Drugs, and Dual Nicotine Replacement Therapy as Most Effective Smoking Cessation Aids  India Education Diary Source link

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No scientific evidence that e-cigarettes are less harmful: Health experts

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New Delhi: The growing use of e-cigarettes or ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems), also known as vaping devices, has become a cause of great concern globally as well as in India. The perception that e-cigarettes are safe, less harmful than burned tobacco cigarettes and nicotine free has been challenged by experts and organisations like the WHO. Also, it has been disproved that e-cigarettes replace smoking and instead complement cigarette smoking. Claims of companies manufacturing e-cigarettes that it is harmless are being questioned. According to a health expert, […]

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11-year-old girl rushed to hospital after vaping, mother now calls for action against the sale of illegal e-cigarettes to children

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She is calling on her Yarmouth MP, Brandon Lewis to address this issue. Holly Smith (Image credit: Facebook)By: Kimberly Rodrigues ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) in the UK mentions that most people become addicted to nicotine and take up smoking when they are still children. Recently, an 11-year-old girl was rushed to a hospital after her mother, Holly Smith, 29, discovered her to be extremely lethargic and barely able to stand. The girl had reportedly used an illegal fake vape, which probably contained twice the legal […]

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Study Says Doctors Overlook Some Benefits Of E-Cigarettes

A study says most doctors falsely believe all tobacco products are equally harmful, which makes them overlook benefits like recommending switching to less damaging products. The study was funded by the National Cancer Institute. In other health industry news, thousands of Sutter Health employees staged a one-day strike, and Stanford Health staff are also planning one. Axios: Many Doctors Have Misconceptions About E-Cigarettes, Study Says More than 60% of all doctors incorrectly believed all tobacco products are equally harmful, making them less likely to recommend e-cigarettes for […]

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Vaping Is Risky. Why Is the F.D.A. Authorizing E-Cigarettes?

When they first appeared in the United States in the mid-2000s, “electronic nicotine delivery systems” — e-cigarettes, vapes, e-liquids and other wares that contain the stimulant found in tobacco — were subject to little federal oversight. Their makers could incorporate countless other ingredients and flavorings. Like cigarettes before them, the devices proved extremely attractive to young people; in 2018, the surgeon general declared youth vaping an “epidemic” and noted that one in five high schoolers and one in 20 middle schoolers used e-cigarettes. Nicotine can harm the […]

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