Electronic Cigarettes: A Pro-Con Review of the Current Literature.

Autor:	Giovacchini CX; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC., Crotty Alexander LE; Pulmonary Critical Care Section, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, Calif; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Physiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif. Electronic address: loretta.que@duke.edu., Que LG; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC. Electronic address: loretta.que@duke.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice [J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract] 2022 Nov; Vol. 10 (11), pp. 2843-2851. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 21.
DOI:	10.1016/j.jaip.2022.07.009
Abstrakt:	Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, e-cigs, or electronic nicotine delivery systems) are battery-operated devices typically containing glycerol and/or propylene glycol-based solutions with varying nicotine content, known as e-liquids. Although e-cigarettes were originally developed as a potentially less harmful alternative to traditional combustible tobacco cigarette smokers, several factors have driven their popularity among smokers and nonsmokers alike, including their sleek product designs, innumerable appealing flavors, lack of combustible smoke and odor, and high potential nicotine concentrations. Furthermore, many advocates have promoted the idea that e-cigarettes are safe to use, or at least safer than conventional tobacco, despite limited longitudinal data to support these claims. Here, we examine what is known about the impacts of e-cigarette use on traditional cigarette smoking cessation, lung health, and youth and young adult tobacco product exposure. Upon review of the currently available literature, the negative effects of e-cigarette use seem to outweigh any potential benefit, because the available evidence does not confirm the use of e-cigarettes as an effective strategy for supporting traditional combustible tobacco cigarette smoking cessation, particularly given the emerging adverse effects on lung health and the potential future public health effects of e-cigarette adoption among a burgeoning new generation of tobacco product users. (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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