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While the number of active tobacco smokers has steadily declined by approximately 60% since the mid-1960s, this advancement has been offset by a rapid increase in the use of e-cigarettes, which has multiplied over the past decade [1], and increased even further during the recent COVID-19 pandemic [2]. Current estimates suggest a global prevalence of e-cigarette vaping of 8% and 12% in women and men, respectively [3].
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Nicotine vaping is associated with acute and chronic lung cellular, structural and functional changes that can be expected to have significant short- and long-term consequences for consumers’ respiratory health https://bit.ly/3MO23EV
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Conflict of interest: W.M. Kuebler reports grants from German Research Foundation (DFG), German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), and German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), outside the submitted work.
- Received May 26, 2023.
- Accepted May 30, 2023.
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