A new study has found that puffing on e-cigarettes may put you at increased risk for prediabetes. And people who smoke traditional cigarettes as well as the electronic kind may be adding to that risk by engaging in dual use. Prediabetes is a condition where the level of sugar in your blood is higher than average, and it tends to …
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The actor Lily James has blamed vaping for damaging her teeth and driving tooth decay that required her to have her first dental filling. Here we look at what the science says about vaping and its potential impact on teeth and oral health. Is smoking bad for teeth? A hefty proportion of vapers are former smokers or smoke as well …
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Peach Ice. Bubblegum. Cherry Cola. They might sound like sweets, but these artificial flavours are part of a chemical cocktail inhaled deep into the lungs by people who vape. Britons are now vaping in unprecedented numbers – around one in ten adults (9.8 per cent) in 2023, rising to 15.8 per cent among 16 to 24-year-olds, according to the Office …
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Doctors have raised the alarm about high levels of vaping among children worldwide, saying they are convinced e-cigarettes are causing irreversible harm to their health. Cardiologists, researchers and health experts said they were “extremely concerned” about the harmful effects of e-cigarettes on millions of teenagers and young people, including exposure to toxins and carcinogens – some of which are still …
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Children who regularly vape are three times more likely to become smokers later in life, a bombshell report has claimed. Figures have long shown how the proportion of kids using e-cigarettes has exploded amid the decline of traditional smoking, with more than a third of 16 to 18-year-olds now regularly inhaling them. For comparison, less than one in ten were …
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A passenger on a recent American Airlines flight shared a video of a confrontation with a flight attendant about using a vape onboard. The passenger, who goes by Kobe Peter “Twoey King” Nguyen on social media, posted an Instagram video on Aug. 4 capturing part of the incident. The clip included a confrontation between Nguyen and two unidentified flight attendants, …
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