The research studied multiple potential risk factors of pod use among Canadian youth and young adults. It was based on a large sample of Canadian youth and young adults across Canada and comprehensive surveys. These surveys addressed various psychosocial, motivational and substance…
Cannabis vaping is increasingly common among youth and young adults and more prevalent in settings where recreational use for adults has been legalized. According to a meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics, from 2013 to 2020, among adolescents in the USA and Canada, lifetime, past-12…
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have suggested smokers who are unable to quit smoking may benefit by switching from smoking cigarettes to vaping e-cigarettes if they are able to avoid relapsing to cigarette smoking.
However, there have been few studies…
Focusing on a correlation between oral health and vaping, a recent study published on Wiley – Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, showed electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) exposure-mediated carbonyl stress leads to increased levels of prostaglandin-E2 and cyclooxygenase-2 in human gingival epithelium compared to…
In a cross-sectional study of 2,553 young adults published in JAMA Network, cannabis vaping at any level was associated with increased odds of bronchitic symptoms, and cannabis vaping three or more times in the last month was associated with increased odds of…
Using e-cigarettes alters the mouth’s microbiome—the community of bacteria and other microorganisms—and makes users more prone to inflammation and infection, finds a new study led by researchers at New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry.
The study, published in iScience, a Cell…
Vaping is linked to a substantially increased risk of COVID-19 among teenagers and young adults, according to a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The study, which was published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health, is…
Electronic cigarette and JUUL use increased in every age group, particularly in adolescents and young adults from 2018 to 2019, according to a recent JAMA Pediatric study. This study found that the e-cigarette device JUUL appears to be associated with the youth…