The earlier children start vaping, the higher their chances of concentration problems
Vaping should, therefore, not be considered a safe alternative to tobacco smoking
Adults and kids who vape are more likely to experience concentration problems, according to two new studies.
The studies, published in
and
Plos One, analysed data from over 18 000 middle and high school student responses to the National Youth Tobacco Survey, and more than 886 000 US adults who took part in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.
The research reports by the University of Rochester Medical Center in the US found that there are links between vaping and mental fog in both adults and kids.
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New studies uncover link between vaping and mental fog
Two new studies from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have uncovered an association between vaping and mental fog. Both adults and kids who vape were more likely to report difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions than their non-vaping, non-smoking peers. It also appeared that kids were more likely to experience mental fog if they started vaping before the age of 14.
While other studies have found an association between vaping and mental impairment in animals, the URMC team is the first to draw this connection in people. Led by Dongmei Li, Ph.D., associate professor in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at URMC, the team mined data from two major national surveys.
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A report out today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), found that current tobacco product use declined among U.S. middle and high school students from 2019 to 2020 driven by decreases in e-cigarette, cigar, and smokeless tobacco use. However, the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data analysis also found that about 1 in 6 (nearly 4.5 million) students were current users of some type of tobacco product in 2020.
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The study assessed current (past 30-day) use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookah, pipe tobacco, and heated tobacco products. This is the first study to present NYTS data on the use of heated tobacco products (products that heat processed tobacco leaf to produce an emission, which the user inhales into their lungs), and tobacco pr