There’s no better time than the present to get this poison and #tobacco products off of the market and focus on the health of American.
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Vaping exposes users to more toxic metals than smoking cigarettes
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E-cigarettes deliver lead, arsenic, nickel, and other metals at harmful levels
According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office, Dr. Beau Clark, in an interview with KALB News Channel 5, the immune system could be weakened by #smoking and make anyone more susceptible to the virus, which attacks the lungs. “Anything that infects or hurts the lungs can create an issue where you cannot fight the virus as easily,” said Dr. Clark. #FlattenTheCurve #QuitBigVape #QuitBigTobacco
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THE INVESTIGATORS: Doctor warns vaping could increase risk of coronavirus in young population
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One doctor is concerned vaping and smoking could put people at a higher risk for contracting COVID-19.
Tobacco Prevention ToolkitLearn more about Going Vape-Free and Smoke-Free during the Coronavirus Pandemic 👇🏼🚭:
-A weakened immune response in your lungs caused by smoking or e-cigarette use can make it harder to fight off harmful viruses and bacteria.
-The lungs bathe in toxic chemicals from breathing in smoked tobacco or cannabis. This is true for e-cigarette aerosol or exposure to secondhand aerosol.
-Long-term research on cigarettes has shown that smoking weakens immune function in the lungs and causes inflammation. So far e-cigarette studies have confirmed similar findings.
-If you were exposed to the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 this could lead to an attack on the lungs. In other words, those who use e-cigarettes or smoke whether it’s cannabis or tobacco increase their risk of being infected with coronavirus and can have worse outcomes from being infected.
-On a positive note, eliminating smoking or e-cigarette use allows the lungs to have a normal immune response to infection and prevents inflammation in the lungs.
-If someone was exposed to the coronavirus and currently not smoking or vaping then there would be a reduced risk of being infected and having worse outcomes if infected.
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Regulating Vaping — Policies, Possibilities, and Perils | NEJM
Regulating Vaping — Policies, Possibilities, and Perils | NEJM
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Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Regulating Vaping — Policies, Possibilities, and Perils
‘If you vape, "you’re going to make lungs more vulnerable to severe infection," said Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, an American Lung Association spokesman who is also director of the tobacco treatment clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
According to Dr. Galiatsatos, #vaping introduces toxic chemicals that harm lung cells and change their metabolism and it also curbs the body’s immune system.’
#QuitBigTobacco
#FlattenTheCurve
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COVID-19 Likely Worse for Vapers, Smokers
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Vaping introduces toxic chemicals that harm lung cells and change their metabolism, Galiatsatos said, and it also curbs the body's immune system.