Editorial board member Daniel R Ouellette (Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, US) considers what is known to-date about the impact of e-cigarettes or vaping versus traditional tobacco products on respiratory disease.
Questions
1. What is the overall effect on respiratory disease of switching from smoking tobacco to vaping? (0:12)
2. What is the effect of e-cigarettes on exacerbations of asthma and COPD? (0:48)
3. What components of e-cigarettes may contribute to a decrease in respiratory health? (1:31)
4. How does the use of e-cigarette use among young people affect their likelihood of later using traditional tobacco products? (2:01)
5. What studies of vaping would you like to see performed in the future? (2:41)
Speaker disclosure: Daniel R Ouellette has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.
Filmed at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2018, Paris, France, September 2018.
