{"id":7140,"date":"2020-09-18T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ent.gr\/?p=7140"},"modified":"2020-09-18T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T10:59:05","slug":"increased-risk-of-covid-19-infection-in-young-adults-using-e-cigarettes-and-e-vaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/increased-risk-of-covid-19-infection-in-young-adults-using-e-cigarettes-and-e-vaping\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased risk of Covid-19 in young adults using Vaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/increased-risk-of-covid-19-infection-in-young-adults-using-e-cigarettes-and-e-vaping\/#Increased_COVID-19_infections_in_Vaporizers\" >Increased COVID-19 infections in Vaporizers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">The use of e-cigarettes and Vaping, in adolescents and young adults is associated with an increased risk of Covid-19 infection, according to a new US scientific study.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Increased_COVID-19_infections_in_Vaporizers\"><\/span>Increased COVID-19 infections in Vaporizers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">The study, analyzed data from young people who tested for coronavirus in the United States, and discovered that those who were vaporizers were five to seven times more likely to become infected with the virus than those who were not e-cigarette users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">The researchers, led by Bonnie Halpern-Felser, a professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine in California, studied data on 4,351 people aged 13 to 24 and published it in the Journal of Adolescent Health. As Halpern-Felser said, &#8220;teens and young adults should be aware that if they use e-cigarettes, they are more likely to be at immediate risk of Covid-19 because they damage their lungs.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10910\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10910\" class=\"wp-image-10910 size-medium\" title=\"COVID-19 Infection.ent\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/COVID.eviasis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 Infection.ent\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COVID-19 Infection<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">New study shows that young people who smoke or are dual users &#8211; vaporizers and smokers &#8211; have an increased risk of coronavirus infection and disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica;\">The study found that those who smoked and smoked e-cigarettes at the same time for the past 30 days were almost five times more likely to develop Covid-19 symptoms (cough, fever, fatigue, shortness of breath, etc.) and almost three times more likely to be tested for Covid. -19. Among those tested, vaporizers were five times more likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19 than non-vaporizers. Also, users of both electronic and traditional cigarettes in the past 30 days were almost seven times more likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">There is no better time like the present to <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/uncategorized\/smoking-cessation-protocol\/\">Quit Smoking or Vaping<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.satory.gr\/en\/page-medical-acupuncture\/\">Acupuncture<\/a> will make your attempt to quit a success!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row pix_padding_top=&#8221;pix-top-no-padding&#8221; pix_padding_bottom=&#8221;pix-bottom-no-padding&#8221; gradient_colors=&#8221;%5B%7B%7D%5D&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Contact us&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-phone&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:%2Fen%2Fcontacts||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Book an appointment&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-calendar&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:%2Fen%2Fappointment||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Get directions&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-map-marker&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fdir%2F%2FEyiasis%2BENT%2BAcupuncture%2C%2BGeor.%2BDrosini%2B16%2C%2BKifisia%2B145%2B62%2F%4038.0718225%2C23.8122364%2C15z%2Fdata%3D!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x14a19edf40479729%3A0xa4593bd0e0aed04b!2m2!1d23.8122364!2d38.0718225||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of e-cigarettes and Vaping, in adolescents and young adults is associated with an increased risk of Covid-19 infection, according to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166,170,167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acupuncture-quit-smoking","category-health-and-medicine-news","category-quit-smoking"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}