[Smoking Cessation with E-Cigarettes? - Ad Hoc Statement of the German Respiratory Society (DGP)].

[Smoking Cessation with E-Cigarettes? - Ad Hoc Statement of the German Respiratory Society (DGP)]. Pneumologie. 2020 Dec 07;: Authors: Pankow W, Andreas S, Rupp A, Pfeifer M Abstract The German Respiratory Society (DGP) turns against the e-cigarette as a means for harm reduction because of potential health risk and dangers to young people. The aerosol of e-cigarettes contains toxic ingredients that have been shown to be damaging to the lungs, the cardiovascular system and the immune system and are potentially carcinogenic. Studies on e-cigarettes as a means of smoking cessation are not very convincing, in order to favor e-cigarettes over nicotine replacement therapy, which have been tried and tested for many years, or other drugs that reduce the desire to smoke. PMID: 33285598 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pneumologie - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pneumologie Source Type: research