Prospective study of e-cigarette use and respiratory symptoms in adolescents and young adults
Download Full PDF Abstract Rationale Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) aerosol contains volatile aldehydes, including flavourings and oxidant metals with known pulmonary toxicity. Objectives To evaluate the associations of e-cigarette use with symptoms of wheeze, bronchitic symptoms and shortness of breath (SOB) across 4 years of prospective data. Methods Participants completed questionnaires on respiratory symptoms and past 30-day e-cigarette, cigarette and […]
Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and nicotine addiction – study
Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioral basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists. “Smoking is perhaps the most common addictive behaviour in the world, and a leading cause of adult mortality“ Trevor Robbins Levels of grey matter in two parts of the brain may be […]
