E-Cigarettes or Heat-not-Burn Tobacco Products: Advantages or Disadvantages for the Lungs of Smokers

Paweł Górski

doi:10.5603/ARM.2019.0020

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18 April 2019

E-Cigarettes or Heat-not-Burn Tobacco Products: Advantages or Disadvantages for the Lungs of Smokers

Department of Pneumology and Allergy, 1st Chair of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Kopcińskiego 22, 90-153 Lodz, Poland

Adv. Respir. Med.2019, 87(2), 123-134;https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2019.0020

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Abstract

This is a narrative review considering the use of e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products. Advantages and disadvantages of both devices, including biological and clinical consequences, were described. The role of these products in limiting tobacco dependence was also discussed. Possible implications for clinical practice were addressed as well.

Keywords:

e-cigarettes; heat-not-burn tobacco products; HNB

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