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E-cigarettes: Out of the frying pan into the fire?
Kavitha Venkatnarayan, Nithin Kumar Reddy Rajamuri, Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy, Uma Devaraj, Priya Ramachandran, Chitra Veluthat
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Kavitha Venkatnarayan
3rd Floor, Oncology Block, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru - 560 034, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_11_20
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems were developed over a decade ago to simulate the experience of smoking, although with a lower exposure to toxins than in conventional smoking. However, they have their own unique profile of side effects, some of which can be life threatening. We report the case of a young male, who in a desperate bid to de-addict himself from smoking developed a serious adverse effect related to the e-cigarettes.
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