Topic: vaping

Health experts urge smokers to switch to e-cigarettes

Health experts urge smokers to switch to e-cigarettes

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Feb 06 08:53 PM

LONDON - Vaping, or using e-cigarettes, poses only a fraction of the health risk of tobacco smoking and should be encouraged among smokers to reap substantial health benefits, British public health experts said on Tuesday. Read more »

Vaping, maaaring makapinsala sa DNA: pag-aaral

Vaping, maaaring makapinsala sa DNA: pag-aaral

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 09:01 AM

Maaaring pataasin ng vaping ang panganib ng pagkakaroon ng cancer dahil nagdudulot ang paggamit ng electronic cigarette ng pagkasira ng DNA kahit na mas kaunti kaysa sa usok ng tabako ang carcinogen na taglay nito.  Read more »

Vaping may raise cancer risk: study

Vaping may raise cancer risk: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 02:10 AM

Vaping may raise the risk of cancer because it leads to DNA damage, even though it contains fewer carcinogens than tobacco smoke, a US study has found. Read more »

Vaping under threat in tobacco-loving Indonesia

Vaping under threat in tobacco-loving Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 01:16 PM

JAKARTA - Chain-smoking Indonesia is moving to stub out its booming e-cigarette sector, sparking criticism that the government is siding with giant tobacco firms at the expense of public health. Read more »

Vaping? U.S. bans e-cigarette sale to minors

Vaping? U.S. bans e-cigarette sale to minors

Reuters
Posted at May 07 03:12 AM

The U.S. government on Thursday took wide-ranging steps to crack down for the first time on e-cigarettes and cigars, growing in popularity among teens, and banned sales to anyone under age 18 in hopes of sparing a new generation from nicotine addiction. Read more »

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