Scientists from the University of Houston have published research that shows that people who enjoy smoking electronic cigarettes in a very short period of time can acquire a predisposition to get asthma.
The results of that study show that completely healthy people after using these cigarettes for a period of only 30 days have a 252 percent higher risk of developing asthma later in life, reports the Journal of the American Medical Association.
One of the authors of this research, prof. Dr. Adriana Perez said that earlier researches have also established the harm to health of such cigarettes, but that this is the first time to scientifically prove how long it takes to seriously damage health and create serious predispositions for the further development of asthma.
The research also states that the global number of e-cigarette users has exceeded 82 million. Those cigarettes are most widely used on the African continent where more than 20 million smokers enjoy them, in Europe this number is 16,8 million, while in the USA 16 million people use e-cigarettes.
Data from international health institutions show that nearly 300 million people suffer from asthma in the world, and that the number of sufferers increases by 50 percent every decade.
In the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asthma-related absenteeism from work and school, mortality, and treatment of this disease produces an annual cost of $300 billion.
"Stronger legal regulations regarding tobacco consumption and a comprehensive preventive policy are necessary to prevent the creation of conditions for the development of asthma, especially with the use of e-cigarettes," emphasizes Perez.
