Switching to e-cigarettes could help smokers with heart disease
The new study conducted for a month with 114 smokers showed that simply by switching to e-cigarettes from regular cigarettes could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
According to the British Heart Foundation, quitting smoking is one of the most important steps in reducing the risk of heart disease. There are several harmful chemicals present in cigarettes that can get deposited inside the arteries and cause them to clog up leading to plaque formation. This leads to heart attacks and stroke, explain the experts. Smoking in fact doubles the risk of getting heart attacks among those who are susceptible.
Over the last few years there has been a significant rise in number of vapers. This new study conducted for a month with 114 smokers showed that simply by switching to e-cigarettes from regular cigarettes could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
For this study the team included the 114 smokers who were asked to switch to e-cigarettes from their regular cigarettes. Their blood vessels were examined at the start of the study and then again at the end. The team measured “flow mediated dilation“. Results revealed that persons who did not smoke had a score of 7.7 percent while smokers had a flow mediate dilation score of 5.5 percent. After switching to nicotine containing e-cigarettes from traditional cigarettes, the team found that the smokers had a score of 6.7 percent. This meant that there was an improvement seen within a few short weeks after making the switch. The team wrote. This meant that with 1 percent lowering of flow mediate dilation there was a 13 percent lowering of risk of heart attacks and strokes.