The effect of e-cigarette aerosol emissions on respiratory health: a narrative review
| Autor: | Massimo Caruso, Riccardo Polosa, Renée O’Leary, Rosalia Emma, Donald P. Tashkin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
respiratory health Respiratory Tract Diseases Population MEDLINE Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Global Health Tobacco smoke Nicotine 03 medical and health sciences E-cigarette 0302 clinical medicine Air Pollution Environmental health Health care Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine Indoor 030212 general & internal medicine education Respiratory health Aerosols Inhalation Exposure education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030228 respiratory system Air Pollution Indoor Relative risk Narrative review business nicotine medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 13:899-915 |
| ISSN: | 1747-6356 1747-6348 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17476348.2019.1649146 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Due to the uptake in the use of e-cigarettes (ECs), evidence on their health effects is needed to inform health care and policy. Some regulators and health professionals have raised concerns that the respirable aerosols generated by ECs contain several constituents of potential toxicological and biological relevance to respiratory health. Areas covered: We critically assess published research on the respiratory system investigating the effects of ECs in preclinical models, clinical studies of people who switched to ECs from tobacco cigarettes, and population surveys. We assess the studies for the quality of their methodology and accuracy of their interpretation. To adequately assess the impact of EC use on human health, addressing common mistakes and developing robust and realistic methodological recommendations is an urgent priority. The findings of this review indicate that ECs under normal conditions of use demonstrate far fewer respiratory risks than combustible tobacco cigarettes. EC users and smokers considering ECs have the right to be informed about the relative risks of EC use, and to be made aware that findings of studies published by the media are not always reliable. Expert opinion: Growing evidence supports the relative safety of EC emission aerosols for the respiratory tract compared to tobacco smoke. |
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