electronic smoke

Electronic Smoke

“Cigarette is smoked by 1.1 billion people of the world.” (1) Cigarette is said to be responsible for causing several deaths each yr, however, there is a great percentage of people who want to quit smoking and as a result have tried e-cigarettes. Electronic cigarette is a smokeless tobacco product which was first introduced by China. It is actually an inhaler which rather than burning tobacco, ...

Electronic cigarette aerosol induces significantly less cytotoxicity than tobacco smoke

Electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes) are a potential means of addressing the harm to public health caused by tobacco smoking by offering smokers a less harmful means of receiving nicotine. As e-cigarettes are a relatively new phenomenon, there are limited scientific data on the longer-term health effects of their use. This study describes a robust in vitro method for assessing the cytotoxic res...

Nicotine without smoke-putting electronic cigarettes in context.

Inhalation Toxicity Report for the Aerosol Generated by the Operation of Green Smoke Electronic Cigarettes Prepared for : Smoke Free

Electronic cigarettes and thirdhand tobacco smoke: two emerging health care challenges for the primary care provider

PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF TWO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN NICOTINE ADDICTION AND SMOKING CESSATION: 1) the emergence of a novel nicotine delivery system known as the electronic (e-) cigarette; and 2) new reports of residual environmental nicotine and other biopersistent toxicants found in cigarette smoke, recently described as "thirdhand smoke". The purpose of this article is to provide...

The effect of electronic cigarette and tobacco smoke exposure on COPD bronchial epithelial cell inflammatory responses

Background Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are used to help smoking cessation. However, these devices contain harmful chemicals, and there are safety concerns. We have investigated the effects of e-cigs on the inflammatory response and viability of COPD bronchial epithelial cells (BECs). Methods BECs from COPD patients and controls were exposed to e-cig vapor extract (ECVE) and the levels of i...