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Vaping May Be Worse For The Heart Than Smoking
New Research Shows Vaping Is Not Safe For The Heart, Either
It is quite clear that vaping can cause lung damage, and it has sickened and even killed thousands of people — especially young people — across the country. What is just as concerning is that new research shows that the heart is not safe from the effects of vaping, either.
In research presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association earlier this month, a team of researchers studied
healthy, young-adult smokers aged 18 to 38 who were regular users of e-cigarettes or tobacco cigarettes. The researchers then measured participants’ blood flow to the heart muscle-focusing on a measure of coronary vascular function-before and after sessions of either e-cigarette use or cigarette smoking, while participants were at rest and also after they performed a handgrip exercise which simulates physiologic stress.
In smokers who used traditional cigarettes, blood flow increased modestly after traditional cigarette inhalation and then decreased with subsequent stress. However, in smokers who used e-cigarettes, blood flow decreased after both inhalation at rest and also after handgrip stress.
What is alarming about this research is that the…
