E-cigarettes with cigarette-like nicotine delivery reduce exposure to carcinogen
Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University studied whether e-cigarettes with cigarette-like nicotine delivery could reduce exposure to a major cancer-causing chemical.
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E-cigarettes with cigarette-like nicotine delivery reduce exposure to carcinogen
April 12, 2021
HERSHEY, Pa. E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to a major cancer-causing chemical, or carcinogen, in tobacco even with concurrent smoking, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The study provides new and important information for smokers who may be trying to use e-cigarettes as a means to cut down on their smoking habit and lower their exposure to harmful toxicants.
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E-cigarettes with cigarette-like nicotine delivery reduce exposure to carcinogen
Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University studied whether e-cigarettes with cigarette-like nicotine delivery could reduce exposure to a major cancer-causing chemical.
Image: Getty Images | Neydtstock
HERSHEY, Pa. – E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to a major cancer-causing chemical, or carcinogen, in tobacco even with concurrent smoking, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The study provides new and important information for smokers who may be trying to use e-cigarettes as a means to cut down on their smoking habit and lower their exposure to harmful toxicants.
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RICHMOND, Va. (April 12, 2021) E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to the major tobacco-related pulmonary carcinogen, NNAL, even with concurrent smoking, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The study, which will be published in
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, provides new and important information for smokers who may be trying to use e-cigarettes as a means to cut down on their smoking habit and lower their exposure to harmful toxicants. [We found] e-cigarettes with nicotine delivery like a combustible cigarette were effective in helping reduce smoking and exposure to a tobacco-related carcinogen, said lead author Caroline O. Cobb, Ph.D., an associate professor in the VCU Department of Psychology in the College of Humanities and Sciences. But it doesn t just happen by ac
Study: E-cigarettes with a cigarette-like level of nicotine are effective in reducing smoking, exposure to carcinogen
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E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to tobacco-related pulmonary carcinogen NNAL.
This is, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Penn State College of Medicine.
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