Tegin Gulay, Mekala Hema Madhuri, Sarai Simrat Kaur, Lippmann Steven
From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.
South Med J. 2018 Jan;111(1):35-38. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000749.
Tobacco smoking is the most preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. In just a few short years, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have become increasingly popular, especially for younger individuals. Many people believe that e-cigarettes are safe. The inhaled aerosols of e-cigarettes contain numerous potential toxicities, some of which could be dangerous for health with long-term use. The safety of prolonged aerosol exposure is not known. The use of e-cigarettes as a harm-reduction tool at stopping tobacco smoking is not uniformly successful. E-cigarettes may be safer than tobacco products, but repeated prolonged exposure to their aerosols has its own considerable potential risk. The long-term health consequences of their use remain to be established. Physicians should vigorously discourage the use of e-cigarettes and tobacco products, with special emphasis on abstinence for younger people and during pregnancy or lactation.
吸烟是发病率和死亡率最可预防的原因。在短短几年内，电子烟越来越受欢迎，尤其是在年轻人中。许多人认为电子烟是安全的。电子烟吸入的气溶胶含有许多潜在毒性物质，其中一些长期使用可能对健康有害。长期接触气溶胶的安全性尚不清楚。将电子烟作为减少吸烟危害的工具使用并非都能成功。电子烟可能比烟草制品更安全，但反复长期接触其气溶胶有其自身相当大的潜在风险。其使用对健康的长期影响仍有待确定。医生应大力劝阻使用电子烟和烟草制品，特别强调年轻人以及孕期或哺乳期妇女要戒烟。
