People who use e-cigarettes are 19 percent more likely to develop heart failure, compared to those who have never used them, a new study published Tuesday revealed.
The data point was included in one of the largest prospective studies to date on the link between vaping and heart failure. The findings of the study are being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) annual scientific session.
Researchers examined data from surveys and from All of Us, a national study of adults run by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of 175,667 study participants, who had an average age of 52 and were 60.5 percent female, according to the ACC press release. They found that 3,242 participants developed heart failure with a follow-up time of a median of 45 months.
Cigarette smoking is 100% more likely to develop heart failure, Vaping is 20% more likely to develop heart failure. Vaping is an 80% improvement over cigarette smoking, though that doesn’t make for a clickbait headline (I mean I woulda clicked on that headline, but it doesn’t have the omg clickbait punch as just stating the increased risk from living a life as a smokeless vapeless monk)