E-cigs may be safer than smoking, but that is not the same as safe, and we need to know how unsafe they are. For this pilot study, OSUCCC James researchers recruited 30 healthy non-smoking volunteers to directly assess the impact of tobacco and e-cig use on the lungs through bronchoscopy, an outpatient test in which a doctor inserts a thin tube through the nose or mouth to view the airways
Tribal methods and ingredients differ, but traditional tobacco, called casasa (Dakota) or asemaa (Anishinaabek) by area tribes, is carefully hand-prepared and offered respectfully for prayer, healing, and ceremony
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A representative survey on second-hand smoking has only been available from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) in recent years (Additional file 1: Figure S2)
Health Ministry officials in India say theyre open to out-of-the-box solutions to create a debate about tobacco, tobacco-based products, and e-cigarettes