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Vaping Surpasses Smoking for First Time Ever – But at What Cost?

Vaping was supposed to help people quit smoking — but now, it's sparked a new health epidemic. For the first time ever, more people in the UK are vaping than smoking… and the long-term effects are ...
Healthline

Vaping Not Effective for Smoking Cessation. Here's What Will Help Instead

Share on Pinterest New research found that people who vape and smoke cigarettes are less likely to quit than people who only smoke cigarettes. Lucy Lambriex/Getty Images Vaping does not help most ...
Medical Xpress

Q&A: What to know about vaping risks for young people

While vaping has been touted by manufacturers as a safer smoking alternative, the public health community is careful to point out the risks. Since the introduction of e-cigarettes to the U.S. in 2007, ...
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100 million people worldwide are vaping, 15 million are children: WHO

NEW DELHI: More than 100 million people worldwide are now vaping, with as many as 15 million children in the age group of 13-15 years using e-cigarettes, said a new WHO global report. At least 86 ...
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Vapers overtake smokers for first time in Britain

For the first time in Great Britain, there are more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, according to the Office for National Statistics. Some 5.4 million adults use vapes ...
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Vaping use is on the rise, especially with teenagers

HEART FAILURE. NEW NUMBERS SHOW MORE PEOPLE ARE VAPING. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND CDC SAY MANY ARE TEENAGERS. I SPOKE WITH KOAT UNM HEALTH EXPERT, DOCTOR ASH, ABOUT HOW HIGH THESE TOTALS ...
The Conversation

The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story

Sam Egger is supported by an Australian government scholarship. Becky Freeman is an expert advisor to the Cancer Council tobacco issues committee and a member of the Cancer Institute vaping ...
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North Carolina's first vaping-related death reported in Greensboro

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- For the first time, a person in North Carolina has died from vaping. Cone Health, a hospital in Greensboro, confirms a patient died Wednesday after coming in with ...
The Conversation

Vaping might seem safer than smoking but your heart could tell a different story

Anusha Seneviratne previously received research funding from the British Heart Foundation. Preeti Mahato does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...
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Woman Says She Could 'Suffocate or Die' If She Lies Flat, Even During Sleep, After Vaping Habit

Loyda Cordero Faliero, 39, needed surgery after she says vaping caused her to develop air pockets in the walls of her lungs Kennedy News & Media (2) Loyda Cordero Faliero, 39, switched from smoking to ...
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Vaping Not Effective for Smoking Cessation. Here's What Will Help Instead

People who vape and smoke cigarettes are far less likely to leave nicotine behind than people who only smoke cigarettes. While the long-term health effects are unclear, vaping introduces harmful ...