Because e-cigarettes (also called vapes) do not contain tobacco, they should be a ‘healthy’ variant of the old-fashioned cigarettes. Well, not exactly. The combination of heat and the chemicals that flavor the e-cigarette creates toxic particles that are bad for your health, according to research research. After just one vape session of 16 inhalations for 3 seconds, participants’ blood vessels were constricted by 34%, for example. And that can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
Asking for trouble
However, there is also a lesser-known ailment that many avid e-smokers reportedly run into, namely the temporary loss of taste. Little or no scientific research has been done on this, but there is a lot of anecdotal evidence for this, according to various media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and Healthline. For example, professors Bonnie Halpern-Felsher and Benjamin Chaffee of the universities of Stanford Medicine and the University of California inform Healthline that they are aware of the phenomenon through social media. According to Chaffee, that’s enough reason for further research, since we still don’t know much about the consequences of vaping.
Damperstong
These claims are reinforced by the fact that vaper’s tongue is widely mentioned on tobacco and vape vendor sites as a real problem among smokers. Also on Dutch sites, where the phenomenon is also called ‘damperstongue’ or ‘taste blockade’. Vapes have different (fruit) flavors and by smoking one flavor a lot, the taste buds would become ‘exhausted’ so that you can no longer taste it.
Chance of cavities
How is that exactly? “Because it has not been scientifically proven, we cannot say anything about loss of taste due to vaping,” says practice controller Iris Klein Gunnewiek on behalf of the Verhagen Mondzorg dental group. “Well is shown that there is a link between vaping and the risk of dental caries.” You can get holes through it faster.
One pot wet
Dentists of the practice therefore actively point out to their patients the danger of vaping and smoking, because according to them that is one pot wet. In addition to cavities, gum problems are also lurking. “Especially with teenagers, we emphasize the importance of good oral health and that vaping, despite the nice colors and flavors, is not healthy.”
Bron: Wsj.com, Healthline.com,
3 augustus 2023
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