According to medimagazin, Demet Can, MD, vice president and professor of the Turkish National Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, emphasized that e-cigarettes, whose age limits have been gradually lowered recently, pose a threat to teenagers, and the risk of asthma they carry increases by two. times and may aggravate existing asthma conditions.
Professor Demet Zhan pointed out that e-cigarettes are electronic devices that rely on power to provide tobacco aerosol without burning tobacco. These devices include sensors, batteries, nicotine tanks, heating elements, fiberglass chips containing nicotine solutions, and reservoirs. The use of e-cigarettes has increased significantly worldwide in recent years due to their ease of use. He also said that e-cigarette use among adults is 6.5% in Spain and 8.5% in the United States.
Although e-cigarettes are promoted as less harmful than ordinary tobacco, Professor Demet Zhan said that they are usually used to help people quit smoking or as a tobacco substitute without smoke. The latest research shows that e-cigarette aerosol contains special Tobacco contains toxic substances such as amine nitrates, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde.
Professor Demet Zhan pointed out that inhaling the nicotine solution in e-cigarettes can cause an increase in inflammatory cells, including eosinophils, in the airways, thereby worsening asthma symptoms, which has been confirmed in animal experiments. At the same time, when you inhale e-cigarette smoke, you may inhale fiberglass particles and nicotine, and you may eventually be exposed to the fiberglass particles in your respiratory system. He also found that this process causes the glass fiber particles to produce toxic oxygen free radicals and SOD (an enzyme) due to smoking, which can trigger asthma.
Finally, Professor Demet Zhan said, “In a recent study, it was found that nanoparticles such as tin, chromium and nickel in e-cigarette smoke caused inflammatory reactions in the respiratory tract and lungs, which may play a role in the onset of asthma. important role.”
