E-cigarettes ‘could pose heart disease risk’, researchers warn
Smoking e-cigarettes habitually could pose long-term health risks to users’ cardiovascular systems, a new study suggests.
The small study included 23 habitual e-cigarette users, and folowed them for year – and found that ‘vaping’ does have an effect on the cardiovascular system.
That’s raised concerns that, over the long term, e-cigarettes could pose health risks.
The researchers found that he e-cigarette users were more likely than non-smoking control participants to have increased adrenalin levels in the heart, and increased oxidative stress.
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The researchers write, ‘Nicotine, which is the major bioactive ingredient in e-cigarette aerosol, with its metabolites, may harbor unrecognized, sustained adverse physiologic effects that lead to an increased cardiovascular risk profile in habitual e-cigarette users.’
The researchers say that further research is needed – as this is a single, small study, and that further research into the potential adverse cardiovascular health effects of e-cigarettes is warranted.