ReviewThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice2022
Electronic Cigarettes: A Pro-Con Review of the Current Literature.
Review in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and determinants of e-cigarette use in South Asia: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Literature Examining the Effects of Cigarette Smoke and e-Cigarette Vapor on the Virulence of Human Pathogenic Bacteria.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Inhalant exposure and outcomes after inguinal hernia repair: cigarette, cannabis, and vaping effects by surgical approach.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Differences in e-cigarette use, dependence, and knowledge between health and social sciences university students in Costa Rica.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Youth E-cigarette use in the United States: carcinogenic exposure, epidemiologic trends, data gaps, and implications for cancer prevention policy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Policy influences on adolescent risk perceptions of vaping.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of tobacco use among adolescent Palestine refugees: A cross-regional study in United Nations relief works agency schools in Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Partial amelioration of a chronic cigarette-smoke-induced phenotype in mice by switching to electronic cigarettes.Archives of toxicology · 2025Article
- Comparing smoking-related disease rates from e-cigarette use with those from tobacco cigarette use: a reanalysis of a recently-published study.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Knowledge and awareness of the health effects of electronic cigarette among college students.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Article
- E-cigarette-induced changes in cell stress and mitochondrial function.Free radical biology & medicine · 2025Article
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- Misconceptions About E-cigarettes Among Healthcare Workers at Primary Health Care Centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2025Article
- A Review of the Toxicity of Ingredients in e-Cigarettes, Including Those Ingredients Having the FDA's "Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)" Regulatory Status for Use in Food.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Review
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- Current perspective on e-cigarette use and respiratory outcomes: mechanisms and messaging.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2024Review
- Evaluation of Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Effects in Buccal Mucosal Cells in Non-Smokers and Users of Traditional Combustible Tobacco Products and Non-Combustible Alternatives.Journal of xenobiotics · 2024Article
- Investigation of the impact of thirdhand e-cigarette exposure on platelet function: A pre-clinical study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2024Article
- Electronic cigarette use and cigarette smoking associated with inadequate sleep duration among U.S. young adults.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Electronic Cigarette Harms: Aggregate Evidence Shows Damage to Biological Systems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, e-cigs, or electronic nicotine delivery systems) are battery-operated devices typically containing glycerol and/or propylene glycol-based solutions with varying nicotine content, known as e-liquids. Although e-cigarettes were originally developed as a potentially less harmful alternative to traditional combustible tobacco cigarette smokers, several factors have driven their popularity among smokers and nonsmokers alike, including their sleek product designs, innumerable appealing flavors, lack of combustible smoke and odor, and high potential nicotine concentrations. Furthermore, many advocates have promoted the idea that e-cigarettes are safe to use, or at least safer than conventional tobacco, despite limited longitudinal data to support these claims. Here, we examine what is known about the impacts of e-cigarette use on traditional cigarette smoking cessation, lung health, and youth and young adult tobacco product exposure. Upon review of the currently available literature, the negative effects of e-cigarette use seem to outweigh any potential benefit, because the available evidence does not confirm the use of e-cigarettes as an effective strategy for supporting traditional combustible tobacco cigarette smoking cessation, particularly given the emerging adverse effects on lung health and the potential future public health effects of e-cigarette adoption among a burgeoning new generation of tobacco product users.
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