Vaping Exposes Users to Reactive Carbonyls, Causes DNA Damage

The exposome is a little stickier for “vapers,” or people who use electronic cigarettes. According to a preliminary study, vapers have higher levels of certain DNA-damaging compounds in their saliva. Worse, vapers sustain a kind of DNA damage that is consistent with these compounds.Evidence of DNA-damaging compounds and DNA damage was collected by scientists based at the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota. These scientists, led by Silvia Balbo, Ph.D., assistant prof