MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that tobacco use is decreasing, but e-cigarette use is increasing.
Many companies market e-cigarette use as a safer alternative to smoking, but it comes with significant health risks and can damage more than just the lungs.
Nasser Lakkis, M.SC.-M.D., FACC, a cardiologist at USA Health, joined WKRG to discuss a recent study on the health risks of vaping.
Dr. Lakkis answers the following questions in the video above:
- What does the study say about the dangers of vaping?
- Is the heart damage from vaping the same as smoking?
- Is it safer to vape than it is to smoke?
- What do we know about people who vape then stop?
- What are the health benefits from stopping?
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