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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 11, 2018, 02:07:06 pm

Title: Study finds high levels of nicotine in popular e-cigarettes
Post by: rangerrebew on September 11, 2018, 02:07:06 pm

Study finds high levels of nicotine in popular e-cigarettes
September 11, 2018, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
 

Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes is dangerous. Smoking cigarettes kills more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, HIV, guns and illegal drugs combined and, according to the American Cancer Society, about half of all Americans who keep smoking will die from their addiction.

But what about electronic cigarettes?

Also known as e-cigarettes, e-vaporizers, vapes, hookah pens, mods, pods and more, these battery-operated devices, which often contain a solution of propylene glycol, nicotine and flavors that is heated and vaporized, have flooded the market.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-high-nicotine-popular-e-cigarettes.html