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Innovation, Nicotine and Tobacco, Research, Education Programming, Implementation and Digital Health Lab. (2024) Vaping and electronic cigarette toxicity overview and recommendations (project VECTOR).

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External website: https://intrepidlab.ca/en/Pages/Project-VECTOR.asp...


The Innovation, Nicotine and Tobacco, Research, Education Programming, Implementation and Digital Health Lab (INTREPID Lab) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), released toolkit describing the health impacts of e-cigarettes across four key areas: cancer, cardiovascular health, dependence, and respiratory health. The resources included in this toolkit include recommendations and resources to guide decision-making for both healthcare practitioners and people who either use, or are thinking of using e-cigarettes.

Key findings from Project VECTOR include:  

  • Though e-cigarettes are less harmful than combustible tobacco cigarettes, they are not entirely risk free. E-cigarette use has the potential to cause harms to health.
  • E-cigarette use may lead to dependence. E-cigarette use is associated with increases in dependence, and long-term use of these products should be avoided.
  • People who do not smoke should not use e-cigarettes to avoid exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, cardiovascular toxicants, respiratory dysfunction and symptoms, and dependence. 
  • E-cigarettes may be used as a harm reduction tool for those who smoke. Tobacco users who have been unable or unwilling to quit smoking using current best evidence-based approaches, should switch completely to e-cigarettes to reduce exposure to cardiovascular toxicants and improve measures of cardiovascular function (where relapse to tobacco is not a concern). Long-term use should be avoided.

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Item Type
Webpage
Publication Type
International, Web Resource
Drug Type
Tobacco / Nicotine
Intervention Type
Prevention, Harm reduction
Date
May 2024
Publisher
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Corporate Creators
Innovation, Nicotine and Tobacco, Research, Education Programming, Implementation and Digital Health Lab
Place of Publication
Toronto
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