Due To Growing Health Risks, Doctors Are Advising Against Vaping More And More
Given the rising evidence that using e-cigarettes has major negative health effects, even when used as a smoking cessation aid, doctors are increasingly discouraging individuals from using them. There are also very effective, secure, and FDA-approved therapies for smokers who are currently using tobacco, according to Dr. Petros Levounis, president of the American Psychiatric Association and chair of the psychiatry department at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The American College of Cardiology released new medical recommendations in July that strongly prohibited using e-cigarettes, especially in people with chronic heart disease. E-cigarettes have been demonstrated to “increase heart rate, blood pressure, and affect the ability of the blood vessels to relax,” even in young people, according to Boston University Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine Dr. Naomi Hamburg. It is best to use a different option that has been shown to be secure. The use of e-cigarettes has grown sign...