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A recent medical study revealed the dangers of using electronic cigarettes, which could increase the risk of oral cancer, similar to conventional cigarettes.
According to Medical Press, the study was conducted by researchers from the University of California, and published their findings, in the latest issue of the Journal of Dental Research.
Smoking remains a major cause of oral cancer, but tobacco products and their forms are evolving with increasing use and multiple forms and shapes.
Some people resort to electronic cigarettes for fear of some side effects or an attempt to quit smoking.
Electronic cigarettes work by heating a liquid containing nicotine inside, so that the liquid turns into nicotine vapor inhaled by smokers rather than by stomach burns as in the usual cigarettes.
To badess the risks badociated with modern tobacco products in their form, including electronic cigarettes, the team performed tests for a number of young adults in America by badyzing urine samples .
The badysis involved people who smoked regular cigarettes, others smoked electronic cigarettes, and a third group smoked other products such as tobacco containing marijuana and alcohol. other forms of tobacco consumption.
The team reviewed the results of urine samples taken from participants to detect their exposure to the substance "nitrozamine", a carcinogen, responsible for an increased risk of cancer, particularly oral cancer.
The results of the badyzes showed that the vast majority of tobacco smokers of all types, including those who smoke electronic cigarettes, are exposed to carcinogenic levels of nitrozamine equivalent to or higher than levels reported by traditional cigarette smokers. , High risk of oral cancer.
Previous studies have found that the flavors used in electronic cigarettes cause inflammatory and oxidative reactions in lung cells, and that their effects extend to the blood, that they are toxic and cause death. programmed white blood cells.
The WHO also issued a report in 2015 warning that e-cigarettes contain toxic substances harmful to health.
According to the WHO, tobacco kills every year nearly 6 million people in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, including more than 5 million current and current tobacco users and about 600,000 non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke .
