Cornering the Suspects in Vaping-Associated EVALI
E-cigarettes have been touted as holding great promise for the cessation of cigarette smoking, but the rapid rise in the use of e-cigarettes has brought tremendous concern regarding their addictive properties and their role as a gateway to the use of combustible cigarette products in adolescents and...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The New England journal of medicine 2020-02, Vol.382 (8), p.755-756 |
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Zusammenfassung: | E-cigarettes have been touted as holding great promise for the cessation of cigarette smoking, but the rapid rise in the use of e-cigarettes has brought tremendous concern regarding their addictive properties and their role as a gateway to the use of combustible cigarette products in adolescents and young adults. Crowning these concerns is the use of these nicotine-delivery devices as a vaping system for the inhalation of illicit chemicals. The toxicity of vaping is most evident in the large number of recent cases of acute lung injury associated with e-cigarette use (EVALI) observed throughout the United States. Although the exact . . . |
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMe2001065 |