CoEHAR (Centre of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction) researchers, involved in the Replica project, have found that switching to electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products reduce the vascular damage and the onset of smoking-related diseases.
The research findings are a strong challenge to the common misconception that using e-cigarettes and heated tobacco can be just as bad as smoking.
The work has been published by the international network of independent laboratories of the Replica project, a group of scientists leading the world in the field of harm reduction. The latest study published evaluated the harm caused to endothelial cells (the cells which release substances that control vascular relaxation and contraction) by cigarette smoke compared to electronic cigarette and heated tobacco products.
Endothelial damage represents the original pathological occurrence that leads to diseases such as arteriosclerosis and cigarette smoking is the initiator. Smoking compromises the normal activity of the endothelium, causing damage to the vascular system and leading to the development of pathologies such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Cigarette smoking and the smoke toxicants are associated with impairment of repair mechanisms necessary for vascular endothelium homeostasis, such as the inhibition of endothelial cell migration.
Dave Cross – Planet of the Vapes – 2022-08-15.
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