Ours is the first population health study to compare the blood pressure and cholesterol levels of people who self-identify as current versus social smokers
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there are also non-nicotine versions.E-cigarettes first emerged in China in 2003 as an alternative to tobacco, which is said to kill nearly six million people a year and inflicts tens of billions of dollars annually in health and productivity costs.Smokers, anti-tobacco campaigners, policy advisers and many medical practitioners have hailed the device as a valuable aid to quitting tobacco, whose perils have been known since the mid-1950s.Others, though, question the e-cigarette's safety."Vaping", as the practice is called, is banned in nearly a dozen countries, led by Latin America, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has "strongly advised" against it."The potential risks they pose for the health of users remain undetermined," the UN's health organ states in guidelines on its website, adding the device's safety "has NOT been scientifically demonstrated".European lawmakers want to classify e-cigarettes as medicinal products that can be sold only in pharmacies like nicotine patches, chewing gum and other tobacco-quitting aids.For now, e-cigs can be sold on the internet or in specialist stores, depending on the country -- in some places also in tobacco shops and pharmacies.Opponents say the move to regulate the e-cig as a medicinal product will limit availability, push up prices and force millions of nicotine addicts back to traditional cigarettes.In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates tobacco products, is also expected to unveil proposals in October to govern the sale of e-cigarettes."There is no doubt in my mind that e-cigarettes are saving the lives of smokers who have switched to them, and persons around them who would have been exposed to
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