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