"The chemistry of this is very interesting," says Neal Benowitz, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a leader of the California Consortium on Thirdhand Smoke
"Vaping is much less harmful, but only if you quit smoking altogether." Simon Clark, director of the smokers' group Forest, said discouraging people from cutting down smoking could be "counter-productive"
If you live in the US, youre likely to hear a lot more about these soon, as Philip Morris International is piloting its version, called IQOS, in Georgia this month
In the heart and vasculature, ROS inflict oxidative damage on LDL particles, while inflammation accelerates atherosclerotic plaque formation