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To be honest, the part in colored in red is a bit scary to me unless I am misunderstanding what they wrote. I just don't know what it means for any of us who vape and/or who are not pregnant?
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CIGARETTES AND CELLS
Talbot and her colleagues are studying the affect of various types of cigarette smoke on undifferentiated stem cell growth. The findings would relate to fetuses and newborns, most vulnerable to the toxic effects of such exposure.
Talbot pulls up some growth graphs on her computer and says she and her team were surprised to see that so called harm-reduction cigarettes, such as low-tar versions, actually appear to be more dangerous to stem cells.
"The 'sidestream' smoke is considerably much worse from the harm-reduction cigarettes," Talbot says, referring to the smoke that comes off of the tip of the cigarette without passing through the filter. A smoking mother, using what she believes is a less dangerous cigarette, might be impacting the growth of her embryo even more.
Talbot points to another chart showing that cells exposed to an electronic cigarette -- one that dispenses a smokeless dose of nicotine -- stopped growing entirely.
Stem cells, she says, "are powerful tools in measuring toxicity."
To be honest, the part in colored in red is a bit scary to me unless I am misunderstanding what they wrote. I just don't know what it means for any of us who vape and/or who are not pregnant?