Smoking e-cigarettes during pregnancy could cause birth defects
E-cigarettes pose health risks despite being widely considered a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes. Researchers exposed frog embryos and samples of mammalian neural crest cells to saline infused with e-cigarette vapour.
Nov 19, 2017, 16:40 PM IST
Researchers link use of e-cigarettes in teens with cigarette smoking later
The study only looked at smoking initiation related to e-cigarettes and not the possible impact of e-cigarettes on smoking cessation.
Oct 30, 2017, 16:32 PM IST
Vapes, e-cigarettes as bad as cigarettes: Study
New research challenges the concept that switching to e-cigarettes is a healthier alternative.
Oct 22, 2017, 19:15 PM IST
Switching to e-cigarettes could reduce mortality rate, says study
A death is notched up as premature when a person departs before their expected age — say 75 or 80 depending on the country — and is usually preventable through a healthier lifestyle.
Oct 03, 2017, 14:58 PM IST
Are e-cigarettes safe for teens? It may double the risk of tobacco smoking
E-cigarettes can contain nicotine but not many of the harmful substances produced by smoking tobacco such as tar or carbon monoxide.
Sep 18, 2017, 18:05 PM IST
E-cigarettes elevate heart attack, stroke risk
Researchers, including those from Karolinska Institute in Sweden, found that there was a significant increase in heart rate and blood pressure in the volunteers who were exposed to e-cigarettes containing nicotine.
Sep 11, 2017, 16:51 PM IST
E-cigarette ban: Experts warn of harmful consequences for smokers – Read
Some states in India, including Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Punjab, Maharashtra and Kerala, have prohibited sales of e-cigarettes, while tobacco cigarettes remain legal.
Sep 03, 2017, 17:02 PM IST
Smokers rejoice! E-cigarettes can help you kick the butt
The study suggest that e-cigarettes may provide a safer alternative to smokers than the traditional cigarettes.
Apr 28, 2017, 18:14 PM IST
Smokers, take note! E-cigarettes can also lead to cancer
Benzene, a component of gasoline, has been linked to a number of diseases, including leukemia and bone marrow failure.It is found in urban air because of industrial emissions and unburned gasoline in exhaust and fuel tank leakages.
Mar 09, 2017, 09:50 AM IST
Babies exposed to nicotine at higher risk for hearing loss
Children with impaired auditory brainstem function are likely to have learning difficulties and problems with language development.
Feb 13, 2017, 11:37 AM IST
Teens using e-cigs are more likely to smoke cigarettes
According to researchers, vaping is a "one-way bridge" to cigarette smoking for teenagers in the study published in journal Tobacco Control.
Feb 11, 2017, 11:35 AM IST
E-cigarettes may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases, says study
E-cigarettes may not be as harmless as believed, but a new study has revealed that regular vapers may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
Feb 03, 2017, 16:14 PM IST
E-cigarettes may be luring low-risk youth to tobacco
E-cigarettes -- seen as responsible for a decline in cigarette smoking among the youth -- are actually attracting a new population of adolescents who might not otherwise have smoked tobacco products, researchers warned.
Jan 24, 2017, 00:03 AM IST
Vape pens may up desire to smoke in young adults: Study
Researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Centre in the US found that young adult smokers exposed to the use of traditional cigarettes, first-generation e-cigarettes or second generation vape pens experienced an immediate, significant and lasting increase in the desire to smoke.
Jan 16, 2017, 12:26 PM IST
Electronic cigarettes equally harmful to gums as smoking
As per a recent survey, electronic cigarettes have been found to be equally harmful to gums and teeth as normal cigarettes.
Nov 17, 2016, 17:48 PM IST
E-cigarette prohibition will be a huge mistake: Experts
Much of the campaign against e-cigarettes has been driven by emotion and ideology, not evidence," said Riccardo Polosa, Director of the Institute for Internal and Emergency Medicine at University of Catania in Italy.
Nov 11, 2016, 16:13 PM IST
Vapers urge WHO to back safer products for smokers
Vapers on Wednesday called on the World Health Organisation to allow the world's one billion smokers to have equal access to safer alternatives to cigarettes such as the electronic cigarettes they smoke.
Nov 09, 2016, 20:23 PM IST
E-cigarettes linked to high risk of teen smoking
About one-third of teens in the US use e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid.
Nov 09, 2016, 08:38 AM IST
E-cigarettes can reduce burden of smoking-related deaths in India
Use of electronic cigarettes has helped 6.1 million smokers in the European Union to quit smoking, according to a 2014 study that analysed data involving a representative sample of nearly 28,000 Europeans.
Oct 05, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
E-cigarettes can help kick the habit, say Indian researchers
More than one million Indians reportedly die annually because of smoking, making it the fourth leading cause of death due to non-communicable diseases (NCD) in the country.
Oct 03, 2016, 14:50 PM IST
