Do not touch e-cigarettes, say lung experts

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World News | September 03, 2012
Kevin Grogan in Vienna

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Electronic cigarettes are far from being a safe option to smoking and are causing harm to the lungs.

That is the conclusion of a study presented at the European Respiratory Society congress in Vienna. E-cigarettes, an increasingly popular option among smokers trying to quit, deliver nicotine through a vapour, rather than smoke. There is no combustion involved but the nicotine in the device is still derived from tobacco.

Researchers from the University of Athens in Greece aimed to investigate the short-term effects of using e-cigarettes on different people, including people without any known health problems and smokers with and without existing lung conditions. The study included eight people who had never smoked and 24 smokers, 11 with normal lung function and 13 people with either chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma.

Each person used an e-cigarette for 10 minutes and their airway resistance was measured using a number of tests, including a spirometry test. The results showed that for all people included in the study, the e-cigarette caused an immediate increase in airway resistance, lasting for 10 minutes.
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Smoking cessation drugs have been linked to serious psychological and physical side effects and ERS president Klaus Rabe told PT that pharmacological efforts to stop smoking have not really come up with the goods. However, he argued that the root problem is the strength of the tobacco industry and fundamental changes are required, namely sky-high prices for cigarettes leading on to an actual ban.
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http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/12-09-03/Do_not_touch_e-cigarettes_say_lung_experts.aspx
 
Yeah seriously... This would have no effect on whether or not I'd smoke e cigs. Obviously there is going to be biological responses to the inhalation of nicotine. This doesn't seem to me to be a big issue
 
I'm not surprised that it does something to the lungs. Inhaling anything will cause some lung problems, even, IIRC, some asthma drugs.
In healthy subjects (ie people who had never smoked) there was a statistically significant increase in airway resistance from a mean average of 182% to 206%. In smokers with normal spirometry, the rise was 176% to 220%, while for COPD and asthma patients the use of one e-cigarette seemed to have no immediate effect to airway resistance.
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Holy shit! E-cigs cause slight bronchoconstriction in health people and almost none in those with fucked up lungs! It's just as bad as tobacco8), which does this worse and causes COPD!

Really I think E-cigs are the way of the future. It's probably safe(but very addictive) so long as the makers don't extract the carcinogens too.
 
^So fucking true. I'd like to find one that gets hot enough to work with hash oil. Stealthy and healthy:)
 
Prof Gratziou noted that more long-term data is required, saying that approved smoking cessation products, such as Pfizer's Chantix/Champix (varenicline) and GlaxoSmithKline's Zyban (bupropion) clearly provide a safer option.
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Anyone else think there may be a conflict of interest going on there somewhere in the article?
 
If I recall correctly, nicotine itself isn't as addictive as made out to be. It's when it is consumed (smoked) with the MAOI found in tobacco that causes the more addicting effects.
 
when a drug like Chantix (something that can cause suicidal/homicidal behavior) is reveled as the more safer option - I say the article is shit!
 
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