These vascular effects lead to thickening of blood vessel walls and enhance blood platelet stickiness, increasing the likelihood that clots will form and trigger heart attacks and strokes
Teenagers are especially susceptible to the addictive effects of these products
But these alternatives to cigarettes are not a magically healthy option
In the late '90s, the Federal Trade Commission banned the indelible Joe Camel, and the Food and Drug Administration banned kid-friendly flavors like strawberry, grape, and chocolate from traditional, or combustible, cigarettes in 2009
Most people do gain some weight when they quit smoking, says Erin Suprunuk, M.P.H., a tobacco treatment counselor at Henry Ford Health
While not completely risk-free, e-cigarettes are generally considered significantly less harmful than smoking because they do not produce tar or many of the toxic chemicals created by burning tobacco