According to a study proposed by ERJ Open Research on Philip Morris' IQOS, it appears that heated tobacco usually sold by manufacturers as an option in risk reduction would be just as dangerous as tobacco and no less harmful than e -cigarette.
HARMFUL TOBACCO? THE ONLY REAL ALTERNATIVE E-CIGARETTE?
Heated tobacco is as toxic to the lungs as cigarettes and, to a lesser extent, the electronic cigarette. " We know very little about the effects of these new devices on health, so we designed this research to compare them to smoking and vaping“, Say the scientists behind these new findings.
To evaluate this device, the team exposed lung cells to different concentrations of cigarette smoke, e-cigarette vapor, and heated tobacco vapor, and measured whether it was harmful to them. As a result, cigarette smoke and heated tobacco vapor were very toxic to the bronchi at all levels of concentration, while e-cigarette vapor became toxic from higher concentration levels.
« What emerges clearly is that heated tobacco is by no means less toxic to lung cells than cigarettes or vaping. All three are toxic to our lung cells, and heated tobacco is just as harmful as traditional cigarettes.“, Say the researchers. " The damage caused can lead to life-threatening illnesses such as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), lung cancer, pneumonia or asthma. Heated tobacco is therefore not a safe nicotine substitute.“, They detail.
Source : Why Doctor
