E-cigarettes potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes, says study
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The evidence isn’t looking good.
By Sophie Gallagher
The global e-cigarette market is set to be worth $32 billion by 2021, and with the UK share reaching almost $6 billion, this alternative to tobacco cigarettes is increasingly popular among smokers.
But the research into the health implications, and dangers, of electronic cigarettes, are still much debated by medical scientists.
Now a new study has added to the growing evidence that e-cigarettes, or vaping, is not as harmless as was once hoped, and in fact could be on par with the damage done by inhaling unfiltered tobacco.
The study from the University of Connecticut found that e-cigarettes, loaded with nicotine-based liquid, are potentially as harmful when it comes to causing cellular mutations and DNA damage.
Changes which may lead to diseases such as cancer.
The amount of damage depends on the amount of vapour the user inhales, the other additives present, whether nicotine or non-nicotine liquid is used.
Karteek Kadimisetty, a ...
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