Study Suggests Smokers Switching to E-cigarettes Reduce Heart Disease Risk
A recent study published in Circulation suggests that switching to e-cigarettes can reduce the risk of developing heart disease by 34% among smokers.
A foreign research team has analyzed data from 32,000 adult tobacco users who participated in the nationally representative Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) from 2013 to 2019. The researchers evaluated e-cigarette and smoking patterns and compared them to disease reports and heart disease incidence, including stroke, heart attacks, and heart failure.
According to the data, smokers have a 1.8 times higher risk of developing heart disease compared to non-smokers, while there is no statistically significant difference in the risk for heart disease between e-cigarette users and non-users. The study concludes that there is a significant link between smoking and heart disease, but no significant link between e-cigarettes and heart disease.
On the other hand, a recent study entitled "Tobacco Use Disorders and Cardiovascular Health" found that the use of combustible tobacco products, smokeless tobacco, and nicotine-containing electronic cigarettes all increase the incidence of acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases. The researchers also added that these harmful effects can be relatively quickly reduced after quitting smoking.
As a result, the research team recommends more traditional methods for quitting smoking, such as providing medication treatment, emphasizing counseling for rapidly reducing risk after quitting, and appropriate follow-up.
A study utilizing data collected from 175,000 individuals who participated in the annual national health interview survey between 2014 and 2019 has found that daily use of e-cigarettes is only associated with higher rates of heart attacks among those who also regularly smoke traditional cigarettes. Additionally, no evidence was found to suggest that individuals who exclusively use e-cigarettes and have never smoked traditional cigarettes are at risk for heart attacks.
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