The world’s first controlled study into vaping has taken place at Manchester Metropolitan headed by senior lecturer in cardiac rehabilitation Dr Maxime Boidin and the findings are shocking
Vaping has become hugely popular in recent years but if you believe it’s better for you than smoking – you are gravely mistaken, a new study has proved.
E-cigarettes can cause significant damage to the body – just as much as smoking – according to the shock study conducted in Manchester.
As reported in the Mirror’s exclusive report last week, vaping has become a more dangerous habit because of how difficult it is to monitor one thing.
The world ’s first controlled study into vaping’s long-term effects concludes next month and its lead academic met with the Mirror to explain the findings.
Dr Maxime Boidin who carried out the study at Manchester Metropolitan University explained: “Smokers tend to go outside and smoke, and once a cigarette is finished they have to light up another to keep going.
“But with vapes, you just keep going and it’s much harder to know how many puffs you’ve had. It’s much easier to vape continuously because you can do it in places where smoking might be less acceptable.”
The NHS describes vaping as “substantially less harmful than smoking.”
E-cigarettes were introduce to the market in the early 2000 as a healthier alternative to traditional tobacco smoke. Due to the flavours that mimic fruit and sweets, there has been an alarming increase in youth vaping.
Dr Boidin, a senior lecturer in cardiac rehabilitation admitted that he also initially believed inhaling nicotine vapour from E-cigarettes was much better for the body than smoking.
He added: “You see a lot more people vaping these days because they don’t think it’s too bad. Many will be horrified to know the truth.”
The heavy metals and chemicals found in vapes, include propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine. The chemical flavourings also contain chemical flavourings – carbonyl compound which are known to cause inflammation and oxidative stress – which can lead to artery inner wall damage and cell death. Vapes also contains nicotine.
He says: “When you put this mixture of metals and chemicals into your body you can’t expect nothing to happen.”
According to a University College London study published in The Lancet Public Health Journal, one million people in England now vape, despite never having been regular smokers.