Myth: Alternative nicotine products are as dangerous as smoking: Difference between revisions

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*Citation: Solinas A, Paoletti G, Firinu D, Di Pino M, Tusconi M, Mura JF, Del Giacco S, Marongiu F. Vaping effects on asthma: results from a web survey and clinical investigation. Intern Emerg Med. 2020 Jun;15(4):663-671. doi: 10.1007/s11739-019-02247-5. Epub 2020 Jan 20. PMID: 31960343.
*Citation: Solinas A, Paoletti G, Firinu D, Di Pino M, Tusconi M, Mura JF, Del Giacco S, Marongiu F. Vaping effects on asthma: results from a web survey and clinical investigation. Intern Emerg Med. 2020 Jun;15(4):663-671. doi: 10.1007/s11739-019-02247-5. Epub 2020 Jan 20. PMID: 31960343.


===2019: The effect of e-cigarette aerosol emissions on respiratory health: a narrative review.===
===2019: The effect of e-cigarette aerosol emissions on respiratory health: a narrative review.===  
(PDF 18 pages)
*Expert opinion: There is growing evidence to support the relative safety of E-Cigarette (EC) emission aerosols for the respiratory tract compared to tobacco smoke.  
-Expert opinion: There is growing evidence to support the relative safety of E-Cigarette (EC) emission aerosols for the respiratory tract compared to tobacco smoke.  
*This review article shows that although some potential effects on respiratory cell types can be shown in vitro, and low levels of chronic irritation of the respiratory tract can be anticipated at certain levels of vaping, these effects are much less than those of smoking. The clinical evidence confirms that ECs are unlikely to raise significant health concerns for the respiratory tract under normal conditions of use.
-This review article shows that although some potential effects on respiratory cell types can be shown in vitro, and low levels of chronic irritation of the respiratory tract can be anticipated at certain levels of vaping, these effects are much less than those of smoking. The clinical evidence confirms that ECs are unlikely to raise significant health concerns for the respiratory tract under normal conditions of use.
*Promoting further access to ECs may offer an opportunity to reduce or prevent some of the otherwise inevitable burden of respiratory morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco smoking
-Promoting further access to ECs may offer an opportunity to reduce or prevent some of the otherwise inevitable burden of respiratory morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco smoking
*...we are now confident that current vaping products are much less harmful than conventional cigarettes as well as earlier EC designs.
-...we are now confident that current vaping products are much less harmful than conventional cigarettes as well as earlier EC designs.
*[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17476348.2019.1649146?needAccess=true PDF]
*Polosa, Riccardo; O’Leary, Renée; Tashkin, Donald; Emma, Rosalia; Caruso, Massimo (2019). The effect of e-cigarette aerosol emissions on respiratory health: a narrative review. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, (), 1–17. doi:10.1080/17476348.2019.1649146


===2018: Health effects in COPD smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes: a retrospective-prospective 3-year follow-up===   
===2018: Health effects in COPD smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes: a retrospective-prospective 3-year follow-up===