Its from a few years ago - But again it shows that using ecigs instead of smoking is a
healthier option:
Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine: Implications for Electronic Cigarette Use
Conclusions:
"Studies of the pharmacology and toxicology of nicotine in animals and some epidemiologic studies in people support the biological plausibility that nicotine contributes to acute cardiovascular events in smokers with underlying CVD, and exerts pharmacologic effects that could contribute to accelerated atherogenesis. Short-term nicotine use, such as nicotine medication to aid smoking cessation, appears to pose little cardiovascular risk, even to patients with known CVD. Longer term nicotine use, such as in ST users, appears not accelerate atherogenesis, but may contribute to acute cardiovascular events in the presence of CVD."
"The cardiovascular safety of nicotine is an important element in the debate on the benefits vs risk of e-cigarette use and related public policy. Based on current knowledge, we believe that the cardiovascular risks of nicotine from e-cigarette use in people without CVD are quite low. We have concerns that nicotine from e-cigarettes could pose some risk for users with CVD. Other constituents of e-cigarette aerosol could theoretically pose some cardiovascular risk, but experimental evidence of such risk is lacking. While people with established CVD might incur some increased risk from e-cigarette use, the risk is certainly much less than that of smoking. If e-cigarettes can be substituted completely for conventional cigarettes, the harms from smoking would be substantially reduced and there would likely be a substantial net benefit for cardiovascular health."
"While the role of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation is not established, it is clear that some smokers do quit successfully by using e-cigarettes (38). For smokers who present to physicians expressing interest in using e-cigarettes to quit smoking, we endorse the statement of the American Heart Association: “If a patient has failed initial treatment, has been intolerant to or refuses to use conventional smoking cessation medications, and wishes to use e-cigarettes to aid quitting, it a reasonable to supp0ort the attempt” (39). For patients with cardiovascular disease in particular, we recommend that when they are confident that they no longer need to use e-cigarettes to keep from smoking, that they discontinue e-cigarette use."
Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine: Implications for Electronic Cigarette Use
healthier option:
Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine: Implications for Electronic Cigarette Use
Conclusions:
"Studies of the pharmacology and toxicology of nicotine in animals and some epidemiologic studies in people support the biological plausibility that nicotine contributes to acute cardiovascular events in smokers with underlying CVD, and exerts pharmacologic effects that could contribute to accelerated atherogenesis. Short-term nicotine use, such as nicotine medication to aid smoking cessation, appears to pose little cardiovascular risk, even to patients with known CVD. Longer term nicotine use, such as in ST users, appears not accelerate atherogenesis, but may contribute to acute cardiovascular events in the presence of CVD."
"The cardiovascular safety of nicotine is an important element in the debate on the benefits vs risk of e-cigarette use and related public policy. Based on current knowledge, we believe that the cardiovascular risks of nicotine from e-cigarette use in people without CVD are quite low. We have concerns that nicotine from e-cigarettes could pose some risk for users with CVD. Other constituents of e-cigarette aerosol could theoretically pose some cardiovascular risk, but experimental evidence of such risk is lacking. While people with established CVD might incur some increased risk from e-cigarette use, the risk is certainly much less than that of smoking. If e-cigarettes can be substituted completely for conventional cigarettes, the harms from smoking would be substantially reduced and there would likely be a substantial net benefit for cardiovascular health."
"While the role of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation is not established, it is clear that some smokers do quit successfully by using e-cigarettes (38). For smokers who present to physicians expressing interest in using e-cigarettes to quit smoking, we endorse the statement of the American Heart Association: “If a patient has failed initial treatment, has been intolerant to or refuses to use conventional smoking cessation medications, and wishes to use e-cigarettes to aid quitting, it a reasonable to supp0ort the attempt” (39). For patients with cardiovascular disease in particular, we recommend that when they are confident that they no longer need to use e-cigarettes to keep from smoking, that they discontinue e-cigarette use."
Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine: Implications for Electronic Cigarette Use
