The unhealthy association between smoking
Bruijnzeel AW. The unhealthy association between smoking, vaping, and other drug use. Editorial. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntac130, “The use of tobacco products and nicotine products such as e-cigarettes is highly addictive, and tobacco products have numerous adverse health effects, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, obstructive pulmonary disease, and premature cognitive decline. E-cigarettes were developed as a safe alternative to tobacco products, but there is accumulating evidence that e-cigarettes also have adverse health effects. The use of tobacco products is quickly declining in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. However, tobacco use has been declining only slowly in other regions, such as the Western Pacific Region.”
https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac130
Comment: E-cigarette use has led to “a very large increase in nicotine use in adolescents and adults.” This issue of Nicotine and Tobacco Research includes several clinical articles about the co-use of nicotine and other drugs of abuse. This editorial notes that “there is a complex interaction between nicotine and other drugs of abuse, and these effects depend on age, dose, and sex.”
Stephen Hamann
