PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sasmith Menakuru
AU  - Mir Inzamam Ali
TI  - Beliefs and reality of e-cigarette smoking
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-225683
DP  - 2018 Oct 02
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr-2018-225683
VI  - 2018
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-225683.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-225683.full
AB  - In this global health case study, we describe a case of nicotine addiction due to chronic use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette) and discuss the beliefs on safety and awareness of their side effects. Many people believe that smoking an e-cigarette (vaping) does not have any side effects, especially among teenagers and young adults. Teenagers using an e-cigarette at a young age are twice as likely to try cigarettes later in their life because of nicotine dependency or other social factors. More recent studies have shown long-term systemic side effects of vaping regardless of traditional cigarette smoking history. This report was done for further assessing their risk and to clear out misconceptions of this large-scale condition.