Here’s a flavour of the document: “ENDS increase the risk of heart disease and lung disorders. For pregnant women, ENDS pose significant risks as they can damage the growing foetus. The liquid in ENDS can burn skin and rapidly cause nicotine poisoning if swallowed or absorbed through the skin. “There is no evidence that vaping is ‘highly addictive’,” Peter Hajek, director of the tobacco dependence research unit at London’s Queen Mary Hospital, said. Vaping does not lead young people to smoking – smoking among young people is at [an] all-time low.

Source: The Irish Times February 03, 2020 06:01 UTC