E-cigarettes/vape triggers serious damage to brain,heart and intestines.

Researchers have warned that E-CIGARETTES could cause serious damage to the brain, heart, and intestines.

Gadgets are useful for quitting smoking but are also used by people who have never smoked.

Researchers at the University of California (USC) San Diego School of Medicine are looking at a popular brand that is sold throughout the UK and US.

JUUL is the most popular but controversial electronic cigarette device on the market.

This study, published in the journal iLife, begins to explore how JUUL products can affect body parts.

Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander, author of leading research at USC, said: "These e-cigarette-based e-cigarettes are very popular in the last five years or so, so we do not know much about their long-term effects on health." The study involved modeling the daily use of JUUL pods in the most popular mint and mango flavors.

Older mice received JUUL aerosols three times a day for three months, reports Scienmag.

The researchers then looked at the symptoms of inflammation in mice, and they found many changes related to the mutation.

The most striking effect was in the brain when several inflammatory symptoms were elevated. Inflammation was observed in the nucleus accumbens, an area of ​​the brain that is important for stimulation and reward processing.

This was very worrying, scientists say because inflammation in this area of ​​the brain is associated with anxiety, depression, and addictive behavior.

Dr. Crotty Alexander stated: “Most users of JUUL are teenagers or young adults with a brain tumor.

"So it's very shocking to learn what could happen to their minds when you look at how this could affect their mental health and their behavior."

The manifestations of inflammation are also increasing in the colon, especially after one month of exposure to e-cigarettes.

In theory, this can increase the risk of gastrointestinal disease.

The heart may be at risk of infection, say the authors.

The organ showed a decrease in the marking levels of inflammation that could put the immune system at risk.

Genetic manifestations in the lungs were observed after inhaling vape fluid.

"These changes are so bad that they can alter lung response to challenges, such as germs, germs, smoke, and pollution," warns the paper.

It said that the long-term effects of lung excretion would not be clear in the coming years, as products like JUUL are new.

The "real surprise" was that the vaping effects seemed to vary according to the JUUL flavor.

Mice exposed to mint JUUL aerosols may be sensitive to the effects of pneumonia, for example.

"This shows us that flavor chemicals also cause pathological changes," said Dr. Crotty Alexandra.

"If a person regularly uses JUUL menthol-flavored cigarettes containing Covid-19, his body may have a different reaction to infection."

Is all that bad?

Many experts will argue that the health effects of vaping are limited.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) will tomorrow publish a report stating that there are too many warnings about the product, its benefits and that this could stop people from smoking.

IEA head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon said: “Like many shocking stories about vaping, this study is based on rat research.

“There is ample evidence that vaping is not harmful to humans and is much safer than smoking.

"Unfortunately, smokers are afraid of the maturity of junk science from the United States where two-thirds of people now believe that e-cigarette smoking is worse - or worse than smoking.

"Such ignorance is a serious crime against public health leadership."

As a way to quit smoking, these devices are very effective in comparison with other methods, such as nicotine extracts.

The NHS supports small kits and will cut them soon.

But health officials agree that, although e-cigarettes are safer than smoking, they are harmless.

There are fears that electronic cigarettes are getting young people - who would not smoke - into nicotine.

USC researchers have previously warned that sweet taste, such as fruit or desserts, makes young people breathe longer. However, a report from Action on Smoking and Health in 2021 reveals that despite concerns, the use of e-cigarettes in teens is low. (about 12 percent) and do not increase.

It reported that 95 percent of new e-cigarette users in the UK were current or former smokers, not those who had never touched nicotine products before.