Health impact of E-cigarettes: a prospective 3.5-year study of regular daily users who have never smoked

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 13825 - 9
• Main Authors: Polosa, Riccardo, Cibella, Fabio, Caponnetto, Pasquale, Maglia, Marilena, Prosperini, Umberto, Russo, Cristina, Tashkin, Donald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.11.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/409; 692/700/784; Adult; Blood Pressure; Body Weight; Breath Tests; Carbon monoxide; Cigarettes; Computed tomography; Electronic cigarettes; Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; Heart Rate; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Lung - physiopathology; Lungs; multidisciplinary; Nitric oxide; Observational studies; Prospective Studies; Respiratory function; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Smoke; Smoking - physiopathology; Spirometry; Tobacco

Although electronic cigarettes (ECs) are a much less harmful alternative to tobacco cigarettes, there is concern as to whether long-term ECs use may cause risks to human health. We report health outcomes (blood pressure, heart rate, body weight, lung function, respiratory symptoms, exhaled breath ni...