A recent systematic review with GRADE assessment found that smoking cessation and, in more limited evidence, switching to exclusive e-cigarette use were associated with early improvements in pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, and flow-mediated dilation, changes that are biologically compatible with improved arterial compliance and reduced vascular tone, and thus may contribute to lower blood pressure, although overall certainty was low (moderate only for RCT evidence on flow-mediated dilation) [25]
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After months spent interviewing experts and combing through studies and reviews (which are not the same thing), I reached a point where I can at least describe the map, even if gaps remain
Arguments against generational smoking laws The tobacco industrys attempts to undermine tobacco health policies are well documented and follow a predictable pattern
Impact of public restrictive measures on hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic: existing evidence and long-term implications Artemios Karagiannidis, Marieta Theodorakopoulou, Charles Ferro, Alberto Ortiz, Maria Soler, Jean-Michel Halimi, Andrzej Januszewicz, Alexandre Persu, Reinhold Kreutz, Pantelis Sarafidis Clinical Kidney Journal 34
