Despite the myth that e-cigarettes are safer than smoking, American Heart Association researchers bust the myth about vaping.
The cardiovascular effects of vaping are similar to those of smoking for two decades, according to AHA medical professionals.
Research was conducted by a team of researchers in two different studies. According to the first study, vapers, regular smokers, and people who didn’t smoke both cigarettes had different heart health outcomes.
It was found that nicotine users had higher blood pressure, heart rate, and blood vessel constriction regardless of the products they used. An individual’s “flight or fight” response may be triggered by these problems, resulting in an overactive sympathetic nervous system. Due to this, it is possible that artery walls may start showing signs of dysfunction as a result.
“Lead author Matthew C. said that blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, and blood vessel tone (constriction) were abnormally high immediately after vaping or smoking. UW Health’s associate director of preventive cardiology, Tattersall, DO, MS, is a professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
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Researchers found that e-cigarette users performed poorly on the treadmill test typically used to predict heart disease risk.
Despite the greatest effort, vapers had a lower capacity for exercise and could perform a smaller cardiac workload. Moreover, these people were found to have a slower post-exercise recovery of their heart rate.
In the second study, Christina M. Hughey, MD, is a fellow in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Washington Health System.
According to researchers, vaping did not affect the health of smokers who also used combustible cigarettes. A similar negative effect of vaping was found in long-time smokers and also in vapers who use e-cigarettes.
According to the authors, those who used e-cigarettes had an average age of 27.4 years, while smokers had an average age of 42 years. There was no difference in damage between young and old adults, despite their different ages.
A report of the findings was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in 2022.
