A new observational study has discovered the relationship between the use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) and the potential for increased risk of fragility fractures, increasing concerns about bone health. The link was found even in young users, according to the researchers behind this study, who also found that smoking and vaping were substantially combined could increase fracture risk.
This new new study was published in Elsevier’s American Journal of Medicine Open; This detailed the results of observational studies that attract data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Nhanes).This study involved information about more than 5,500 adults in the US, 81.2 percent of them reportedly never used electronic cigarettes. The remaining 18.8 percent of individuals included in the collection of samples have reported vaping at several points, while 8 percent of people who are included in the overall sample say they experience fragility fractures.
According to a new study, fragility fractures refer to damaged wrists, hips, or spine that are experienced as a result of minimal trauma, such as falling from a height of standing (or less). This continues by stating that the fragility fracture is a sign of osteoporosis, a disease that involves weakening bones that make them more vulnerable to injury.
Based on data analysis, the researchers found a relationship between fracture risk and vaping fragility that was greater when compared to participants who said they had never been produced. In addition, and more alarming for smokers who struggle to switch, this study also found the relationship between the combination of the use of cigarettes and vape and the risk is greater than this fracture compared to people who only use cigarettes.
Researchers say that vaping can ultimately be a risk factor for osteoporosis fractures, with electronic cigarette users have the potential to increase their risk over time (through Eurekalert). The researchers behind this study show that the use of tobacco cigarettes is a risk factor established to develop fragility fractures and osteoporosis. New observational studies help explain the same potential risk between disease and vaping, something that has never been explored before.
Increasing the use of electronic cigarettes has triggered growth efforts to study habits and how it can have an impact on short -term and long -term health. Although there are still many questions, several studies have highlighted potential health consequences associated with vaping, including changes in bacteria that can increase the risk of oral disease, increased risk of lung diseases such as COPD, and chronic inflammation that can have an impact on the intestine.
Apart from the risk, electronic cigarettes may be an alternative that is less dangerous for smokers who want to kick the habit. Various studies have found that while vaping is not a healthy activity, it might be far more harmful than tobacco cigarettes. Public health agencies still explore the best way to balance these two reality, protect young people from developing vaping habits while still providing ways for smokers to switch from cigarettes to something that has the potential to be less dangerous.
The biggest encouragement at this time point is handling vaping flavors, which according to critics is more attractive to teenagers who may never use tobacco products. Back in August, a state coalition throughout the US submitted a FDA petition to prohibit all vaping fluids that showed attractive flavors for teenagers, including mint, menthol, candy, and fruit.
Only a few weeks later, the FDA officially endorsed the nicotine vape for the first time, but mainly only expanded authorization for tobacco fluids, rejecting applications for other fluids. Apart from the clear logic about the targeting of attractive flavors for adolescents, such a prohibition may not function as intended. Back in May, Yale University published a study that discovered the San Francisco ban on the taste of tobacco products – including vape fluids – might cause teenagers to only switch from vape to tobacco cigarettes.
