Darabseh Mohammad Z, Aburub Aseel, Morse Christopher I, Degens Hans
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan.
Multidiscip Respir Med. 2024 Oct 14;19(1):976. doi: 10.5826/mrm.2024.976.
Smoking is well known for its harmful effect on the respiratory system, but whether vaping is less harmful is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the association of smoking/vaping habits with self-reported respiratory symptoms in vapers and cigarette smokers.
An online survey was developed and shared on different vaping and smoking social media platforms and communities.
Out of the 891 respondents, 788 were vapers (77 pure vapers and 711 ex-smokers) and 103 were cigarette smokers. Smokers reported more frequently respiratory symptoms such as chest pain, wheezing and whistling, sputum production, cough, dry mouth, and smokers suffered from more shortness of breath, sore throat and disturbed sleep compared to vapers. The self-reported respiratory symptoms in vapers were mainly related to the nicotine strength of the product and number of puffs per use. There were no significant differences between pure vapers and vapers who were ex-smokers.
Self-reported severe respiratory symptoms were less frequent in vapers than smokers, irrespective of their smoking history. This suggests that vaping is less harmful than cigarette smoking.
吸烟对呼吸系统的有害影响众所周知，但电子烟的危害是否较小尚不清楚。因此，本研究的目的是评估电子烟使用者和吸烟者的吸烟/吸电子烟习惯与自我报告的呼吸道症状之间的关联。
开展了一项在线调查，并在不同的电子烟和吸烟社交媒体平台及社区分享。
在891名受访者中，788人是电子烟使用者（77名纯电子烟使用者和711名曾经吸烟者），103人是吸烟者。与电子烟使用者相比，吸烟者更频繁地报告胸痛、喘息和哮鸣、咳痰、咳嗽、口干等呼吸道症状，并且吸烟者呼吸急促、喉咙痛和睡眠障碍更多。电子烟使用者自我报告的呼吸道症状主要与产品的尼古丁强度和每次使用的吸数有关。纯电子烟使用者和曾经吸烟者之间没有显著差异。
无论吸烟史如何，电子烟使用者自我报告的严重呼吸道症状比吸烟者少。这表明吸电子烟比吸烟危害小。
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