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European group: E-cigarette use should be limited due to CV effects

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European group: E-cigarette use should be limited due to CV effects Healio In a new position paper, the European Association of Preventive Cardiology recommended that due to known CV harms from e-cigarettes, they should not be used for smoking cessation except as a last resort. “E-cigarettes should only be used for smoking cessation if nothing else has worked and the individual is carefully monitored for adverse effects,” Maja-Lisa Løchen, MD, PhD, professor of preventive medicine at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, professorial fellow at Australian Catholic University and an author of the paper, said in a press release issued by the European Society of Cardiology, with which the EAPC is affiliated. READ MORE

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