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Respiratory Health Effects of E-Cigarettes
J Korean Soc Res Nicotine Tob 2021; 12(2): 37-42
Published online December 15, 2021
© 2021 The Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.

Dong Won Park*, Ho Joo Yoon, Jang Won Sohn

Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence to: 박동원
한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 호흡기알레르기내과
E-mail: dongwonpark@hanyang.ac.kr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4538-6045
Received December 9, 2021; Revised December 15, 2021; Accepted December 16, 2021.
This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, dis-tribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 Abstract
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery-powered nicotine delivery systems that generate an inhalable aerosol containing nicotine, flavors, propylene glycol, and vegetable glycerin. Even though there is little evidence on e-cigarettes’ safety and effectiveness as a smoking cessation aid, e-cigarette usage has drastically increased globally. E-cigarettes reached the market without extensive preclinical toxicology testing or long-term safety trials that would be required of conventional therapeutics or medical devices. In August 2019, several cases of e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury have been reported in the United States and this outbreak reminded the potential health risks of e-cigarette. Herein, we review the evidence on the effects of e-cigarettes on respiratory health.
Keywords : Electronic cigarettes; Toxicology; EVALI; Smoking cessation
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