All posts tagged with e-cigarettes

(Natural News) Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes as they’re more commonly known, are usually considered to be safer than traditional tobacco cigarettes. However, new research from Yale University has shown that these “healthier” cigarette alternatives can be just as dangerous. According to the study, teenagers who smoke e-cigarettes have a greater chance of taking up tobacco […]

(Natural News) Virtual reality has a wide variety of uses, ranging from augmenting entertainment experiences to helping pilots train for actual flight. Now, research scientists from the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games are working towards newer, more noble applications for this technology. One of these is smokeSCREEN VR, the virtual reality adaptation of […]

(Natural News) Less than 10 years ago, a lone company in China advertised the e-cigarette as an unheard-of product that was a safer and tobacco-free alternative to regular cigarettes. In 2010, the U.S. market welcomed vaping. Now, health officials, policymakers, and researchers are working double-time to stay updated with a “rapidly expanding, wildly controversial, and largely […]

(Natural News) Like regular cigarettes, e-cigarettes can still harm pregnant women and their unborn children. According to a recent study, pregnant women who vape could give birth to infants with facial defects. Based on the study’s results, “exposure to e-cigarette vapor damaged cells that would eventually become facial features in ways that could cause facial […]