Keywords
EVALI
Lung injury
Toxicity
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Abstract
Introduction: Electronic cigarettes were developed to replace conventional cigarettes, with the promise of reducing harm to health and as a device to help stop smoking. Given their rapid and widespread worldwide spread, studies have emerged discussing the possible toxic potential of these devices. Objective: Understand the toxicity caused by excessive use of electronic cigarettes. Methodology: This is a systematic review study, carried out on the platforms PubMed®, BIREME, LILACS, SciELO, and IBECS, with the indexing terms: “ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE”; “TOXICITY”; “EVALI”; “LUNG INJURIES” with the Boolean operator “AND”. Studies published in the last 10 years were selected, with the text available in full, and duplicate articles that did not address the proposed topic were disregarded, thus 12 articles constituted the final sample. Results: According to the studies discussed, most electronic cigarette users showed a relationship between their use and respiratory diseases, such as increased respiratory symptoms, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax, bronchiolitis and acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis. An association between its use and the emergence of gastrointestinal and constitutional complaints and changes in the oral cavity, with the presence of local pain, wounds, gingivitis and gingival bleeding has been reported. A new condition was found: Lung Injury Associated with Electronic Cigarette Use, which presents a set of similar signs and symptoms, and presents the use of these devices as a history. Conclusion: It is concluded, therefore, that although the general effects of electronic devices on health are limited, pulmonary toxicity is established. In view of this, further studies are necessary to better understand the long-term impacts of toxicity and elucidate the mechanisms linked to the emergence of lung lesions.
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