Study Suggests E-Cigarettes Are Just as Harmful as Cigarette Smoking

Using e-cigarettes may be just as harmful to health as smoking regular cigarettes, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Their analysis of sputum samples from nonsmokers, e-cigarette users, and cigarette smokers found that e-cigarettes triggered unique and potentially damaging immune responses, as well as changes to protein expression and mucus composition that are linked to the adverse lung effects caused by cigarette smoking.“There is confusion about