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Some of that is true—but just because e-cigarettes are healthier doesn’t make them healthy Opens in New Window, says Stanton Glantz, Ph.D., a cardiologist and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California San Francisco. Here, a run-down of the most common myths—and the stark reality—around what vaping with an […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://pennstatehershey.netreturns.biz/HealthInfo/Story.aspx?StoryId=c77bfe4b-e7bb-4daf-b628-7d6a8f3ff356#.W5u7Wlw-dBw Vaping an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, isn’t a safe way to dodge the dangers smoking traditional cigarettes pose to your heart. Furthermore, if you start vaping and keep smoking regular cigarettes, you could end up multiplying the toll tobacco takes on your heart, according to the results of a new study. For the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Join Dr. Foulds on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 for a lecture on “Vaping and Juuling in Adolescents and Adults”. The lecture will be held at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Lecture Room A from 6-8PM. Light refreshments will be served. The event will be streamed via Zoom https://psu.zoom.us/j/785697571 Directions: Event will be held at Penn […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://news.psu.edu/story/507137/2018/02/26/research/most-pa-students-tobacco-free-vaping-and-cigarette-use-still?utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_term=508009_HTML&utm_content=03-01-2018-09-08&utm_campaign=hershey%2520newswire Most of Pennsylvania’s high school and middle school students are tobacco-free, but the use of cigarettes, and their digital counterpart, e-cigarettes, is still a cause for concern, according to Penn State researchers. The survey, which was given to students across the state in the 2014–15 school year, asked about which tobacco and nicotine […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/17/health/case-study-teen-vaping-wet-lung/index.html An 18-year-old woman working as a hostess in a rural Pennsylvania restaurant decided to try e-cigarettes, perhaps another of the innumerable bistro workers hoping to calm frayed nerves with a smoke — or in this case, a vape. This hostess, though, paid an unusual price for her e-cig use, according to a case study published […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://pennstatehealthnews.org/2015/12/potentially-dangerous-molecules-detected-in-e-cigarette-aerosols/ Electronic cigarettes produce highly-reactive free radicals – molecules associated with cell damage and cancer – and may pose a health risk to users, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. he use of e-cigarettes is on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 20 percent of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://pennstatehealthnews.org/2014/12/the-medical-minute-full-health-effects-of-vaping-still-unknown/ Cigarettes have been convicted of many crimes over the years. But the jury’s still out on whether their younger, more fashionable cousins – electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes – will meet the same fate. Jonathan Foulds, professor of public health sciences and psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, says it’s too early to know […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://news.psu.edu/story/527326/2018/07/03/impact/medical-minute-hazards-juuling-or-vaping?utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_term=527501_HTML&utm_content=07-05-2018-21-30&utm_campaign=Penn%20State%20Today Mango, mint, fruit medley — these flavors are delicious in a smoothie but dangerous when they introduce youth and young adults to nicotine. A 2009 federal law outlawed the use of flavorings other than menthol in cigarettes, but electronic cigarettes — or e-cigarettes — are unregulated and exploit the flavors to attract young […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://pennstatehershey.netreturns.biz/HealthInfo/Story.aspx?StoryId=b5477e3f-bc3e-429f-ac8f-013b18692d7d#.W5qIwJNKhTY Is your e-cig safer than a pack of smokes? Click the quiz below to find out the facts.
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Leave a Comment (0) →Original source: https://pennstatehershey.netreturns.biz/HealthInfo/Story.aspx?StoryId=0dc5de46-b1ad-4aaa-a5a1-625ded990cbb#.W5qGnJNKhTZ Use the calculator below to figure out how much you’re spending on smoking every week, month, year or during your lifetime. Then use your imagination to picture what you could buy instead.
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