Just in from Dr. Farsalinos:
Recently, a study abstract and poster presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2017 evaluated the acute effects of exposing mice to a heated tobacco product (IQOS) on endothelial function in comparison with a tobacco cigarette (1,2). The study found that IQOS had “the same adverse effects” on Flow-Mediated Dilatation (FMD), a marker of endothelial function, as the tobacco cigarette. The abstract concluded that “Use of HNB tobacco products does not necessarily avoid the adverse cardiovascular effects of smoking cigarettes”. An accompanying press statement concluded with a similar statement: “Using heat-not-burn products may not avoid the adverse cardiovascular effects of smoking cigarettes” (3).
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