Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSkth-SjsRS/Those who regularly vape with e-cigarettes have a 53% higher risk of being cut down by a heart attack.  This the conclusion of a meta-analysis by researchers at India’s National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research that is  published in BMC Public Health Journal.The study pooled data from 12 observational studies, covering more than 430,000 people for heart attacks and over one million for stroke, and carefully adjusted for traditional cigarette smoking.The risk of eventual heart attack and/or strokes were even higher for those who began using e-cigarettes as a means of quitting conventional cigarette smoking.  That risk is 2.5-fold higher for heart attacks and 73% higher for strokes. While vaping may release fewer toxic chemicals into the body than smoking, other studies have shown that the heated vaping liquids contain agents that damage blood vessels.This study raises concerns about the use of e-cigarettes as a pathway to quit smoking. The good news