Respiratory irritants in e-cigarette refill liquids across nine European countries: a threat to respiratory health?

The rapid expansion of the e-cigarette market across European countries has raised a number of concerns within the scientific community [1, 2]. The most recent data from across the European Union revealed a substantial increase in e-cigarette experimentation, with 15% of European citizens reporting having tried e-cigarettes in 2017, representing a 7.0% increase since 2012 [3]. Annual e-cigarette sales in Europe have reached EUR 1.33 billion, and are projected to reach over EUR 10 billion by 2020 [4].

Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 21, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Vardavas, C., Girvalaki, C., Vardavas, A., Papadakis, S., Tzatzarakis, M., Behrakis, P., Tsatsakis, A. Tags: COPD and smoking Original Articles: Research letters Source Type: research