People who use e-cigarettes are 19 percent more likely to develop heart failure, compared to those who have never used them, a new study published Tuesday revealed.
The data point was included in one of the largest prospective studies to date on the link between vaping and heart failure. The findings of the study are being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) annual scientific session.
Researchers examined data from surveys and from All of Us, a national study of adults run by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of 175,667 study participants, who had an average age of 52 and were 60.5 percent female, according to the ACC press release. They found that 3,242 participants developed heart failure with a follow-up time of a median of 45 months.
TL;DR: Worse than not smoking, much better than tobacco. No surprises, IMO. Nicotine is bad for the heart no matter how you consume it
Not all vapes contain nicotine though
True, but it looks like this study was specifically about those that do. It’s the overwhelming majority
Yeah, “e-cigarettes” kind of implies a nicotine vape rather than a THC vape.
They were probably referring to flavor-only vape. That’s what they use in vape cloud tricks, and people who have quit nicotine but still have the oral fixation