Puffing on e-cigarettes may give you lung cancer too

E-cigarettes have often been promoted as the safer alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes. But this can lead to several health complications.

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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : September 6, 2019, 6:14 PM

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JUUL

Researchers turned to Twitter to gather real-time data on what people are sharing about their JUUL use

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Addictive

It can be addictive: You don’t move on from one addiction to another. E-cigarettes and the nicotine in them are very addictive. The younger generation, particularly the adolescents, are in danger of this addiction.

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Second Hand Smoke

It can induce dangerous second hand smoking: Since the smoke released from e-cigarettes is more, so is its impact. The vapours released from e-cigarettes contain lead and other heavy metals, which can affect people around you. The vapours also contain residual nicotine, which can cause choking and headache.

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Lung-cancer

It can cause cancer: Carbon monoxide and other heavy metals, that cause cancer in traditional cigarettes, are present here too. The cancers associated with e-cigarettes are cancers of the lungs, stomach, bladder and oesophagus. While the risk is less than traditional cigarettes, it is still there.  Also Read - Cancer may use vitamin B2 to shield itself but researchers see a weak spot

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