Healthy young people who use e-cigarettes have a higher risk of severe Covid, according to a recent study. Here are the explanations.
According to a recent study, cited by The Sun, young people in good health who use electronic cigarettes are at greater risk of developing a severe form of Covid. Specifically, people who get Covid have major lung inflammation, which can lead to persistent cardiovascular complications. To reach this conclusion, the researchers analyzed data from 45 non-smokers, 30 e-cigarette smokers and 29 traditional cigarette smokers.
The conclusions are categorical: electronic cigarette and tobacco smokers had a higher level of plasma proteins that the coronavirus needs to survive.
The main message: smoking is the most dangerous, and vaping is not without risks, emphasizes Dr. Theodoros Kelesidis, the author of the study. He emphasizes that young people who vape are at a higher risk than non-smokers of developing lung infections and inflammatory disorders.
That is why the specialist specifies that electronic cigarettes should be used as little as possible and only in smoking cessation, but in no case by non-smokers.
Currently, experts are talking about “a vaping epidemic” and “a new generation of young people addicted to nicotine”, because electronic cigarettes contain flavored substances, which create addiction.
