According to foreign media reports, recently, the latest research from King’s College London found that the health risks of e-cigarettes are far less than that of cigarettes, and smokers who switch to e-cigarettes will greatly reduce their exposure to toxins that can cause cancer, lung disease and cardiovascular disease.
This is the most comprehensive review of the health risks of e-cigarettes to date, and the report provides the strongest evidence that e-cigarettes pose far less health risks than cigarettes. The report could lead to the prescription of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool under the National Health Service.
Ann McNeill, Professor of Tobacco Addiction at King’s College and the study’s lead author, said: “Smoking is uniquely lethal, killing one in four regular persistent smokers, but about two thirds would actually benefit from switching to e-cigarettes. of adult smokers are unaware that e-cigarettes are less harmful.
Research reports show that vaping is much less harmful than smoking, and smokers should be encouraged to switch to electronic cigarettes. Dr Lion Shahab, Professor of Health Psychology at UCL and Co-Director of the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, said: “This study confirms the findings of previous reviews in the field that nicotine e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking.
At the same time, Sun Yat-sen University, a Chinese university, also published a paper in SCI, and its conclusions showed that the relative harm reduction potential of e-cigarettes was verified at the cellular level.
In July this year, Sun Yat-Sen University published a paper in the SCI journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, concluding that, in the case of acute exposure for 24 hours, e-cigarette smoke agglutinates had no effect on human lung epithelial cell lines ( The effect of BEAS-2B) was much smaller than that of cigarette smoke agglutinates, which verified the relative harm reduction potential of e-cigarettes at the cellular level.
The results of the study showed that the negative effects of e-cigarette smoke agglutinates on human lung epithelial cell toxicity and genetic changes were relatively weak at toxicological doses, suggesting that e-cigarettes have lower potential toxicity and better safety.
Figure: Custom-made animal experimental equipment used in the study
According to foreign media reports, on September 29, Kingsley Wheaton, Chief Growth Officer of BAT Tobacco, called on the GTNF Forum that the public needs to get rid of the “quit or die” way of smoking, invest more in sustainable alternatives such as e-cigarettes, and focus on for harm reduction. Kingsley Wheaton also said that “BAT has been working hard to shift its product portfolio from traditional cigarettes to new tobacco alternatives.”
Post time: Oct-14-2022
