
Tiltölulega stutt er síðan rafsígarettur ruddu sér til rúms og ekki eru öll kurl komin til grafar um langtímaáhrif þeirra. Þó eru komnar fram vísbendingar um að rafsígarettureykingar hafi langvinnar heilsufarslegar afleiðingar, sérstaklega á lungu, hjarta og heila.

Fjöldi efna, til dæmis þungmálmar, lífræn efnasambönd og bragðefni, berast með rafsígarettureyk og geta sett af stað bólgusjúkdóm í lungum og skaðað þau með margvíslegum hætti. Ungt fólk sem byrjar að veipa er líklegra til að þróa með sér bólgusjúkdóm í öndunarfærum.

Vísbendingar eru um að rafsígarettureykingar geti aukið nokkra áhættuþætti hjarta- og æðasjúkdóma líkt og sígarettureykingar, því undirliggjandi ferlar eru svipaðir.
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