Evaluating electronic cigarette cytotoxicity and inflammatory responses in vitro.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cigarette smoking poses many health risks and can cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular disease, cancer of the lung and other organs. Smokers can substantially reduce their risks of these diseases by quitting, but nicotine addiction makes this difficult. Alternatives, such as electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), may provide a similar dose of nicotine, but expose users to fewer toxic chemicals than traditional cigarettes and may still be harmful especially for dual users, therefore, we sought to develop bioassays that can assess the potential toxicity and inflammatory response induced by e-cigarette liquids (e-liquids) with and without flavors.

Methods

E-liquids with varying nicotine content and flavors were aerosolized through growt

SUBMITTER: Sinha I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9081552 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature