And even though it is called a soft drug, and despite its therapeutic effects to treat nausea and vomiting in advanced stages of cancer or AIDS, for example its harmful effects are numerous: it impairs cognitive development, memory, psychomotor functions and the attention span, and it can cause respiratory lesions, among other damages
Now there are over 200 e-cigarette brands, creating a vastly expanding, and for the most part completely unregulated, new market of vapers. The vaping population is still a relatively small one, with around 3 percent of United States adults using electronic cigarettes on a regular basis
Of particular concern is DNA damage due to formaldehyde in the upper airways, as this damage could potentially contribute to the risk of nasopharyngeal and lung cancers specifically 3,4
it was drugs, I think on par is tobacco, which is just incredible
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