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Health promotion and public health
Adolescent vapers are at risk of respiratory symptoms
  1. Felicia Cox
  1. Heart, Lung & Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Felicia Cox; F.cox{at}rbht.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104144

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    Commentary on: Brose LS, Reid JL, Robson D, et al. Associations between vaping and self-reported respiratory symptoms in young people in Canada, England, and the US. BMC Medicine. 2024; 22: 213

    Implications for practice and research

    • Young adults who both smoked and vaped were more likely to report respiratory symptoms, compared with those who only smoked or only vaped.

    • There is a need to define the effect of vaping and inhalation of E-Liquids on lung development in adolescents.

    Context

    Youth nicotine vaping continues to increase, with users exposed to fine and ultra fine particles which may harm the lung parenchyma.1 Traditional cigarette smoking is strongly associated with the development of lung disease including cancer,1 but the medium-term to long-term risks of vaping are unknown in the younger population. There is a range of vaping liquids and devices available, with flavoured vapes being the most popular choice, marketed to appeal to a younger demographic.2 This publication by Brose and international colleagues2 explores the association between smokers, vapers and never users …

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    Footnotes

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    • Correction notice Evidence-Based Nursing recently published a commentary (doi: 10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104144) on a research paper by Professor of Addictions and Public Health Leonie Brose (King's College London). After the commentary was published, Professor Leonie Brose kindly contacted Evidence-Based Nursing to explain the commentary misrepresented the original research (doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03428-6) and included some inaccuracies. Evidence-Based Nursing have worked closely with the author of the commentary and Professor Leonie Brose to correct the scientific record and have now published this revised version.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.