By: Brianna
New Report One of the Most Comprehensive Studies on Health Effects of E-Cigarettes; Finds That Using E-Cigarettes May Lead Youth to Start Smoking, Adults to Stop Smoking
A newly mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine takes a look at the human health effects of e-cigarettes. It was found that although e-cigarettes could potentionally help adult smokers transition from conventional cigarettes, there is substantial evidence among youth that use of e-cigarettes increases the risk of transitioning to conventional cigarettes. Not only has this risk increased the amount of young smokers, their health is also at risk as it was found that the use of e-cigarettes has been linked to things such as symptoms of dependence, cough and wheeze, and asthma exacerbations. Accidental or intentional exposure to the e-liquid itself can result in adverse health effects such as seizures, anoxic brain injury, vomiting, and lactic acidosis. Drinking or injecting this liquid has also been found to be fatal.
Although scientists are still learning of the effects that e-cigarettes could potentially have on your body, they have already found an substantial amount of evidence to justify efforts to prevent the use of them by the youth. Because most tobacco use starts during adolescence, it is crucial for the public to prevent the youth from a lifetime of nicotine addiction and other long term health effects. Our nation should work together to protect the youth from dangers associated with tobacco use and abuse liability. More than 6 out of 10 teens believe that the use of e-cigarettes cause little or no harm to their minds and bodies, but this has been proven otherwise.
If the government puts more of an effort to educate the youth on how this could effect their lives in the long run, we could reduce the amount of adolescents using these products and developing a dependency on them. Developing more intensive research on this topic could possibly allow the public to understand it and be able to spread awareness. It is now up to government officials to address this problem and create a solution for it.
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