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ATS Breathe Easy - The Truth Behind Vaping Myths

ATS Breathe Easy - The Truth Behind Vaping Myths

Update: 2025-10-21
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Vaping and e-cigarettes are often incorrectly thought of as thought of as safe, but research has proven this to be untrue. They are particularly unsafe for the developing brain of children and adolescents. Laura Crotty Alexander, MD, from the University of California, San Diego, explains to host Erika Moseson, MD, MA, that not only does vaping often lead to users moving on to traditional tobacco products, but it also has a major impact on mental health and mood that could be deadly.

Check out the ATS Clinical Practice Guideline on treating smoking in adolescents: https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.202507-1577ST 

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ATS Breathe Easy - The Truth Behind Vaping Myths

ATS Breathe Easy - The Truth Behind Vaping Myths

American Thoracic Society