Electronic cigarettes: human health effects

Electronic cigarettes: human health effects

OBJECTIVE With the rapid increase in use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), such as electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), users and non-users are exposed to the aerosol and product constituents. This is a review of published data on the human health effects of exposure to e-cigarettes and their components. METHODS Literature searches were conducted through September 2013 using mu...

Public health and electronic cigarettes

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Correspondence: David Sweanor, University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law, 57 Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5. e-mail [email protected] Public health campaigns need pragmatic revolutionaries, people who can spot opportunities and use them to the benefit of individual and population health. Electronic cigarettes (or vapourizers), which...

Emerging Research on Potential Health Effects of Electronic Cigarettes

The proposed Orange County Board of Health rule to prohibit use in enclosed areas of restaurants and bars is primarily concerned with preventing secondhand exposure and not with the role of e-cigarettes on smoking promotion vs. cessation. Therefore, the research cited below focuses on the chemical composition of e-liquids and aerosol, toxicology studies, the potential for secondhand exposure, a...

A systematic review of health effects of electronic cigarettes.

OBJECTIVE To provide a systematic review of the existing literature on health consequences of vaporing of electronic cigarettes (ECs). METHODS Search in: PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL. INCLUSION CRITERIA Original publications describing a health-related topic, published before 14 August 2014. PRISMA recommendations were followed. We identified 1101 studies; 271 relevant after screening; 94 elig...

Electronic cigarettes