Vaping may be more dangerous than we realized
When e-cigarettes first appeared on store shelves a few years back, they were marketed as a sleek, discreet technology that could help adult smokers kick a potentially deadly habit. Flash forward to 2018, the year the Juul vape device took over three-quarters of the #US e-cigarette market. Instead of catering to adult smokers, the e-cigarette industry appeared to be overwhelmingly targeting nonsmoking youth.
Maciej Goniewicz, one of the leading e-cigarette researchers based at
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in #Buffalo, has watched the shift unfold up close: The volunteers who come forward for his e-cigarette studies seem to be getting younger. “[These are] people who were breathing pure air for a long time — and have never smoked tobacco cigarettes — who now have started using e-cigarettes,” Goniewicz said.
