E-Cigarettes as dangerous as regular cigarettes – Expert

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Yinka Badejo

A Respiratory Physician, Dr Cafetan Onyedum, has advised smokers against e-cigarettes, saying although they were perceived as safer, the way they affected the body suggested otherwise.

Onyedum noted, in an interview with our correspondent, that E-cigarettes did not contain tobacco like the regular cigarette but they still held plenty of nicotine, and could cause the same nicotine-related heart problems as regular smokes.

According to experts, e-cigarettes, also known as vaporisers, are battery-powered devices that heat up a mixture of nicotine, a flavouring and a liquid – usually propylene glycol or glycerol– into a vapour for users to inhale.

The respiratory physician said, “The problem is that, the nicotine in e-cigarettes causes a release of dopamine throughout the body, which often leads to nicotine addiction.”

Onyedum added that the device contained a…



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