They can be highly detrimental to mental health and social well-being
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A recent systematic review with GRADE assessment found that smoking cessation and, in more limited evidence, switching to exclusive e-cigarette use were associated with early improvements in pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, and flow-mediated dilation, changes that are biologically compatible with improved arterial compliance and reduced vascular tone, and thus may contribute to lower blood pressure, although overall certainty was low (moderate only for RCT evidence on flow-mediated dilation) [25]
Think about it this way: nobody wants to walk into a smelly home, whether its cigarette smoke or something else
For people who smoke regularly, a cigarette often serves to relieve the symptoms caused by nicotine withdrawal itself
Turns out, a few things could be at play