ArticleBMC medicine2015
Electronic cigarette use and harm reversal: emerging evidence in the lung.
Article in BMC medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Short-term effects of electronic cigarette smoking on cardiorespiratory parameters, volatile organic compounds and inflammatory markers.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Comparing self-rated health among exclusive e-cigarette users and traditional cigarette smokers: an analysis of the Health Survey for England 2019.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Electronic cigarette vape decreases nitric oxide bioavailability in vascular smooth muscle cells via increased cytoglobin-mediated metabolism.Free radical biology & medicine · 2025Article
- Respiratory symptoms among e-cigarette users without an established smoking history in the VERITAS cohort.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Electronic cigarette exposure causes vascular endothelial dysfunction due to NADPH oxidase activation and eNOS uncoupling.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2022Article
- Examining the evidence for the health impact of combustion-free products: progress and prospects for tobacco harm reversal and reduction.Internal and emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Protein thiol oxidation in the rat lung following e-cigarette exposure.Redox biology · 2020Article
- A qualitative analysis of cannabis vaporization among medical users.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2019Article
- E-cigarettes and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: What Clinicians and Researchers Need to Know.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2019Review
- Vaporization of Marijuana Among Recreational Users: A Qualitative Study.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2019Article
- Government and public health responses to e-cigarettes in New Zealand: vapers' perspectives.Harm reduction journal · 2018Article
- Immunological and toxicological risk assessment of e-cigarettes.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2018Review
- Chronic exposure to electronic cigarettes results in impaired cardiovascular function in mice.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2018Article
- E-cigarette use and perceived health change: Better health through vaping?Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Health impact of E-cigarettes: a prospective 3.5-year study of regular daily users who have never smoked.Scientific reports · 2017Observational
- U.S. cannabis legalization and use of vaping and edible products among youth.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among U.S. Adults With Medical Comorbidities.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Nicotine levels, withdrawal symptoms, and smoking reduction success in real world use: A comparison of cigarette smokers and dual users of both cigarettes and E-cigarettes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- E-cigarettes in patients with COPD: current perspectives.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017Review
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Abstract
Electronic cigarettes (ECs) have been rapidly gaining ground on conventional cigarettes due to their efficiency in ceasing or reducing tobacco consumption, competitive prices, and the perception of them being a much less harmful smoking alternative. Direct confirmation that long-term EC use leads to reductions in smoking-related diseases is not available and it will take a few decades before the tobacco harm reduction potential of this products is firmly established. Nonetheless, it is feasible to detect early changes in airway function and respiratory symptoms in smokers switching to e-vapor. Acute investigations do not appear to support negative respiratory health outcomes in EC users and initial findings from long-term studies are supportive of a beneficial effect of EC use in relation to respiratory outcomes. The emerging evidence that EC use can reverse harm from tobacco smoking should be taken into consideration by regulatory authorities seeking to adopt proportional measures for the e-vapor category.
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