The Scary Relationship Between Vaping And Coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

The Scary Relationship Between Vaping And Coronavirus

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LOADING ERROR LOADING If there was ever a time to quit vaping, it’s now. Because vaping suppresses the lungs’ immune response, it increases the severity and duration of other respiratory infections like bronchitis, influenza and pneumonia, according to Robert Jackler, chair of the department of otolaryngology at Stanford Medicine. Though we’re still learning how vaping may affect one’s risk for COVID-19, health experts suspect it follows a pattern similar to other respiratory infections. “They often share the vaping device, passing it around, and of course that’s a risk for transmitting COVID infection,” Jackler said. Even though it’s thought that younger people have an easier time recovering from COVID-19, they can still get seriously sick — especially if their lungs are already damaged from vaping.

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The truth about vaping and your health: We are finally getting answers - and this is why leading experts are getting increasingly worried...
1 year ago

The truth about vaping and your health: We are finally getting answers - and this is why leading experts are getting increasingly worried...

Daily Mail  

When consultant breast surgeon Professor Kefah Mokbel is planning to operate on a patient who vapes, he always asks them to quit a few weeks before the surgery. ‘People who vape also have higher complication rates with problems such as pneumonia and thrombosis, leading to dangerous blood clots – so if someone vapes regularly we tell them to quit to …

How dangerous IS vaping compared with smoking? New review analyzes the dangers of both.... and finds former is linked to EIGHT lung diseases
1 year, 1 month ago

How dangerous IS vaping compared with smoking? New review analyzes the dangers of both.... and finds former is linked to EIGHT lung diseases

Daily Mail  

A review found that vaping is less harmful than smoking traditional cigarettes Vaping is a much safer alternative to cigarettes but will raise your risk of eight lung diseases, according to a major review. However, smoking has long been associated with severe health consequences like lung cancer and heart disease Researchers suggested that 17 million Americans vape regularly They found …

Vaping may ‘wake up’ cancer cells and trigger wave of disease in a decade
2 years, 6 months ago

Vaping may ‘wake up’ cancer cells and trigger wave of disease in a decade

The Independent  

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Vaping increases frequency of Covid symptoms, claims study
3 years, 2 months ago

Vaping increases frequency of Covid symptoms, claims study

India TV News  

People who use electronic cigarettes and test positive for Covid-19 have a higher frequency of experiencing Covid symptoms, compared to people who don't vape, according to new research from Mayo Clinic. "The study was designed to compare the frequency of common Covid-19 symptoms, such as loss of taste or smell, headache, muscle aches and chest tightness in Covid patients who …

Scientists decode how smoking worsens Covid-19 infection
4 years, 4 months ago

Scientists decode how smoking worsens Covid-19 infection

India Today  

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Research shows vaping link to COVID-19; long-term effects of infection in e-cigarette smokers still unknown
4 years, 6 months ago

Research shows vaping link to COVID-19; long-term effects of infection in e-cigarette smokers still unknown

Firstpost  

Experts have warned that the virus in all likelihood capitalizes on the scarred lungs of smokers and vapers. “I have no doubt in saying that smoking and vaping could put people at increased risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19,” said Dr. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, a pediatric pulmonologist at Columbia University. “I hate to say it, but if I got the virus, …

Vaping Linked to Increased Covid-19 Risk in Young People: Study
4 years, 7 months ago

Vaping Linked to Increased Covid-19 Risk in Young People: Study

News 18  

Using e-cigarettes is associated with a substantially increased risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, according to a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. "Young people may believe their age protects them from contracting the virus or that they will not experience symptoms of COVID-19, but the data show this isn't true among those who vape," said the study's …

Vaping makes young people up to seven times more likely to get coronavirus, study finds
4 years, 7 months ago

Vaping makes young people up to seven times more likely to get coronavirus, study finds

The Independent  

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Studies that said smokers were at lower risk for coronavirus were likely wrong. Here's why
4 years, 10 months ago

Studies that said smokers were at lower risk for coronavirus were likely wrong. Here's why

Salon  

A new study explains how the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is able to more easily target smokers due to a specific way in which the addictive habit changes their lungs. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Fellow Jason Sheltzer and Google engineer Joan Smith analyzed previous data findings for their article published earlier this week in the scientific journal "Development Cell." …

Coronavirus and smoking: How do cigarettes, pot and vaping affect infections and outcomes?
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus and smoking: How do cigarettes, pot and vaping affect infections and outcomes?

LA Times  

Smoking is associated with more severe outcomes for coronavirus patients, a recent study of studies has found. “It’s now pretty clear that there is data to show that if you are a smoker, you’re more likely to have adverse outcomes from COVID-19, need mechanical ventilation and to die than if you’re not a smoker,” said Richard Castriotta, a doctor specializing …

Doctor’s Note: Why are smokers more vulnerable to coronavirus?
4 years, 11 months ago

Doctor’s Note: Why are smokers more vulnerable to coronavirus?

Al Jazeera  

Smoking is one of the leading causes of death in the world, killing more than eight million people a year, according to the World Health Organization. In the United Kingdom, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, has said: “It is abundantly clear from the research into previous coronaviruses that smoking makes the impact of a coronavirus worse.” We do know that …

Does smoking cigarettes, tobacco increase risk of getting infected with coronavirus? WHO says yes
4 years, 11 months ago

Does smoking cigarettes, tobacco increase risk of getting infected with coronavirus? WHO says yes

India TV News  

With the novel coronavirus increasing risk in countries day by day, people are getting conscious about what they should eat and which things should be avoided. Now a new report presented by the World Health Organization states that people who possess tobacco and smoke cigarettes are at a higher risk of getting infected by a coronavirus. Smokers may also already …

Coronavirus: Does smoking put you at greater or less risk?
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Does smoking put you at greater or less risk?

Daily Mail  

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