Vaping as bad for your heart as smoking cigarettes, study finds

Vaping could be as bad for the heart as smoking cigarettes, a new study suggests. The trial involved a group of adult smokers, whose hearts were monitored while they vaped, and when they smoked ordinary cigarettes. Researchers said a a typical vaping session had a similar impact on stiffness of the aorta - the main artery into the heart - as smoking one regular cigarette. However, this study does not prove that e-cigarettes are as hazardous as smoking.  If a vaping session was limited to five minutes, the impact on aortic stiffness was significantly less than that associated with a cigarette. Read the full article at: www.telegraph.co.uk