University of Kentucky BREATHE official on vaping and smoking study WEKU
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ArepresentativeoftheUniversityofKentuckyCollegeofNursingsaysastudyonsmokingandvapingonlyservestoemphasizetheimportanceofcessationprograms.AmandaBucheristhedirectorofTobaccoPolicyResearchandOutreachwithBREATHE,whichstandsforBridgingResearchEffortsandAdvocacyTowardHealthyEnvironments.AnOhioStateUniversityStudystatespeoplewhobothvapeandsmokearefourtimesmorelikelytodeveloplungcancerthanthosewhojustsmoke.Buchersaiditcomesdowntoexposure.
“Peoplewhousebothtraditionalcigarettesande-cigarettesaregoingtobeexposedtoabroaderarrayoftoxinsthantheywouldbeiftheyjustusedonedeviceoranother,”saidBucher.
Buchersaidtraditionalcigarettesande-cigaretteshavedifferentchemicals.Shenotedtherearealsosomecompoundsformedwhenthechemicalsareheatedinvaping.Bucheraddedanationalsurveyin2021showedthatalmost30%ofadultsparticipateindualuseofcigarettesande-cigarettes.Buchersaidcessationisalwaysthegoal.
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