Do E-Cigarettes Have Side Effects? 80% May Cause Asthma and Lung Failure!

      Is frequent e-cigarette use harmful? Can it help smokers quit? Are there any side effects? These are questions smokers have always wanted to understand about e-cigarettes. Next, let’s take a look at just how harmful e-cigarettes can be.

After analyzing 75 mainstream e-cigarette products in the United States, Harvard University found that nearly one-quarter of the samples contained bacterial toxins associated with E. coli and chlamydia, and nearly 80% contained fungal toxins. These may lead to airflow obstruction, respiratory symptoms, asthma, lung failure, and other diseases. Experiments also showed that fruit-flavored e-cigarettes, which make smoking smell more pleasant, had a higher proportion of toxic substances.
 

Hunan TV’s program News Quest for Truth once conducted tests on fruit-flavored e-cigarettes and detected nicotine in them. Experts said that these fruit-flavored e-cigarettes contain nicotine, glycerin, and flavorings, and because most of these e-cigarettes are unbranded products with no clear standards, the dosage and safety of these ingredients cannot be confirmed.

Liu Gang, Chief Physician of the Respiratory Department at the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that if children use e-cigarettes for a long time, they may eventually feel unsatisfied, become addicted, and turn to traditional cigarettes. These e-liquids with unknown ingredients may also trigger underlying conditions in children with asthma or allergic constitutions.

The sweet flavors in e-cigarettes are also one reason they can be addictive, and these sweet tastes come from the addition of diacetyl. Excessive inhalation of this substance can cause bronchiolitis obliterans. At the same time, during use, the aerosol produced when the battery heats the e-liquid also contains aldehydes harmful to the cardiovascular system, including formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein. These harmful gases can cause a variety of cancers, including lung cancer. They may even trigger bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare, fatal, and irreversible obstructive lung disease that can gradually lead the lungs to failure.

Therefore, tighter regulation of the e-cigarette market is urgently needed. In June this year, the official website of the Standardization Administration of China showed that the Mandatory National Standard for E-Cigarettes had completed review and is currently in the “under approval” stage. According to the project schedule, it may be released within the year.