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Pain Associated with the Use of Electronic Cigarettes

In: Smoking - Prevention, Cessation and Health Effects

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  • Linda Tang

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Hitherto, lots of efforts have been made to illustrate the consequence of consuming conventional cigarette. The relationship between its utilization and the occurrence, deterioration, and variation of pain has been demonstrated for decades. As a result, electronic cigarette was investigated for its harmless and ideal replacement for conventional cigarette. Proposed and endorsed for almost 15 years, e-cigarette has established its success and induced many consumers. Later on, with greater attention to the increasing population indulging in or switching to electronic cigarette, complaints and side effects occurred and accumulated. Betwixt, headache, chest pain, thermal injury, withdrawal symptoms, and chronic pain had been described either via case reports or by experimental or clinical researches. Through comprehensively reviewing current publications, this chapter illustrates respective pain. With the introduction of this chapter, it will be helpful for the general public to understand the potential health implications of using e-cigarettes and evoke the readers' interest to learn more about this topic.

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  • Linda Tang, 2019. "Pain Associated with the Use of Electronic Cigarettes," Chapters, in: Li Ping Wong & Victor Hoe (ed.), Smoking - Prevention, Cessation and Health Effects, IntechOpen.
  • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:176631
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85481
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    Keywords

    electronic cigarette; conventional cigarette; pain; nicotine; thermal injury; withdrawal symptoms;
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    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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