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E-Cigarette Vapors Linked to DNA Damage

January 11, 2016

In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) among middle and high school students had tripled in just one year. Data from the 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey showed that the numbers jumped from 660,000 high school students in 2013 to 2 million in 2014. These e-cigs […]

Xuan Pham ⋅ Perspectives in Research DNA, e-cigarettes ⋅

E-Cigarettes’ Liquid Nicotine Poses a Poisoning Risk to Children

June 5, 2015

I have spent a lot of time as a pediatrician in the emergency department and a brief period of time rotating through the local poison center. While there, I witnessed firsthand the unfortunate perils facing children who accidentally ingest toxins. The biggest takeaway I learned from these experiences is that all too often, these encounters […]

Sylvia Owusu-Ansah ⋅ A Day in the Life children, e-cigarettes, nicotine, poison ⋅

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