Exposure to e-cigarette aerosols from vegetable glycerin and its byproduct, acrolein, diminish heart rate and early repolarization
The labels have been on packages for decades, having been required by Congress in 1965
This is not due to a lack of willpower, but because Philip Morris intentionally manipulated cigarettes to make them as addictive as possible by increasing nicotine levels, adding chemicals like ammonia to increase the absorption of nicotine, and adding menthol, other flavors, and sugar to make them more palatable
Similar content being viewed by others Background Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in China [1, 2] which causes over 1 million deaths [3, 4]
There is a need, both at an individual patient-physician level as well as public policy level, to reduce smoking prevalence
Switching completely to e-cigarettes from combustible tobacco products may have some health benefit, but e-cigarettes are not FDA-approved tobacco cessation devices