E-cigarettes increase heart disease risk
E-cigarettes increase heart disease risk: Dual use produces the most significant risk Mohammadi L, Han DD, Xu F, et al. Chronic E-Cigarette Use Impairs Endothelial Function on the Physiological and Cellular Levels. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 26 Oct 2022;42:1333–1350. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.317749
ML Springer, the senior author of this study, states: “The distinct patterns of these heart disease risk biomarkers in blood serum of frequent users of combustible cigarettes and e-cigarette products indicate that, despite the similar physiological effects, e-cigarette use and smoking trigger fundamentally different molecular responses. Our findings suggest that vaping, although not smoking combustible cigarettes, causes changes in the blood that increase the potential for leakage in the blood vessels and that both smoking and vaping cause changes in the blood that lead to endothelial dysfunction and an increased risk of future cardiovascular events in otherwise healthy people,”
“Smoking and vaping can have similar harmful cardiovascular effects, but each condition causes some potentially harmful effects that the other does not. These differences indicate that dual product use, meaning smoking combustible cigarettes and e-cigarette products, may actually be worse for vascular health than either smoking or vaping alone.”
S. Hamann
