Smokers who switch to vaping make rapid vascular gains
Vascular function significantly improved whether vaping contained nicotine or not, shows study
19th November 2019
Chronic smokers who switched from tobacco cigarettes to e-cigarette vapes in a large randomised controlled trial experienced a significant improvement in vascular function after just one month, researchers say.
A UK study found that cigarette smokers who switched to nicotine-containing vapes saw an average 1.5 percentage point improvement in flow-mediated dilatation within one month.
Professor Jacob George, of Dundee University in Scotland, said each percentage point improvement in vascular function results in a 13% reduction in cardiovascular