PREGNANT women have been warned over the dangers of vaping after one woman suffered a horrific lung bleed. The 28-year-old, who vaped on a regular basis, nearly lost her baby and had to be rushed t…
released a report which found that e-cigarettes were around 95 per cent less harmful than tobacco and the NHS recommends smokers try vapes in order to kick the habit.
But the medics in Texas said there has been 'limited' studies published on the products since they were first released in 2007. "The use of vaping has overtaken the standard electronic cigarettes in our current time and it has been a challenge to understand the health risks that they have due to the rapidly changing designs and lack of long-term follow-up," they added.states that 'if using an -cigarette helps you to stop smoking, it is much safer for you and your baby than continuing to smoke'.
Medics add that e-cigarettes do not produce tar or carbon monoxide, the two main toxins in cigarette smoke. "Carbon monoxide is particularly harmful to developing babies. The vapour from an e-cigarette does contain some of the potentially harmful chemicals found in cigarette smoke, but at much lower levels," NHS guidance states.
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