E-Cigarettes Health Effects
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What is the main concern regarding e-cigarette use among young people?

  • Increased risk of developing chronic cough and bronchitis
  • Rapid increase in e-cigarette use among young people
  • Higher risk of addiction to other substances in the future (correct)
  • Possible long-term adverse effects on lung and cardiovascular health
  • What is one of the concerns related to the nicotine content in e-cigarettes?

  • It poses no health risks compared to combustible tobacco
  • It is harmful to the developing brains of younger users (correct)
  • It may lead to higher risk of addiction to other substances
  • It has been associated with increased odds of chronic cough and bronchitis
  • What percentage of high school students use e-cigarettes according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey?

  • Less than 10%
  • Around 30%
  • Nearly 50%
  • 20% (correct)
  • What does the research literature review mentioned in the text associate with e-cigarette use?

    <p>Increased risk of lung and cardiovascular health issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the overall health advice regarding e-cigarettes for nonsmokers?

    <p>Nonsmokers should never use them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main concern regarding e-cigarette use and cardiovascular health?

    <p>Increased risk of blood clot and atherosclerosis due to the creation of carbonyl compounds from e-cigarette aerosol</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the first study linking e-cigarette use to cancer find?

    <p>Mice exposed to e-cigarette aerosol for 54 weeks developed carcinomas of the lungs and abnormal bladder cell growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the potential consequence of exposure to increased cinnamon flavoring in e-cigarettes?

    <p>Significant cell death compared to other flavors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the known health concern associated with pulegone, a compound found in prepared oil extracts of certain mint plants?

    <p>Pulegone is a known carcinogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do ongoing case studies and in vitro research suggest about e-cigarettes' impact on the respiratory system?

    <p>E-cigarettes cause quantifiable injury to the small airways of the lungs and are associated with inflammatory diseases like pneumonia and interstitial lung disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    E-cigarettes are threatening to addict a new generation to ______.

    <p>nicotine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Young people who use e-cigarettes are more likely to start smoking cigarettes than their peers who do not ______.

    <p>vape</p> Signup and view all the answers

    E-cigarettes contain ______, sometimes at levels near or exceeding those found in combustible cigarettes.

    <p>nicotine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    To date, no one knows the long-term effects of e-cigarette use, although research continues to investigate some of the rapidly emerging evidence of adverse effects on ______ and cardiovascular health.

    <p>lung</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A recent and robust research literature review of e-cigarette health effects found that use of these products has been associated with increased odds of chronic cough, phlegm and ______, as well as asthma diagnoses.

    <p>bronchitis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    E-cigarettes may be causing quantifiable injury to the small airways of the lungs and were associated with a number of inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system, like pneumonia and interstitial lung ______

    <p>disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Human cells exposed to vaped e-liquid have been found to have decreased viability, with certain flavor compounds posing particular cell toxicity ______

    <p>risks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The first study to link e-cigarette use to cancer was published in October 2019. Researchers found that mice exposed to e-cigarette aerosol for 54 weeks developed carcinomas of the lungs and abnormal bladder cell ______

    <p>growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More research over a longer time period is needed to understand the full breadth of health consequences associated with the use of e-cigarettes as well as how their use compares to the well-established negative effects of long-term combustible cigarette ______

    <p>use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Carbonyls are created when propylene glycol and glycerol – common solvents in e-liquid – are exposed to the high heat of an e-cigarette ______

    <p>coil</p> Signup and view all the answers

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