Study Says that Inhalation of Chemicals in Flavored E-Cigarettes Poses Health Risk

A new finding on flavors used in the manufacture of e-cigarettes have continued to question the safety of products used and if a regulation should be in place as reported by Tobacco Control journal news.

The investigation was done on two popular brands of disposable cartridges namely Blu and Njoy plus other brands of e-cigarette flavors.  The investigation resulted that there were high levels of chemicals found in the liquids with flavorings.

The researchers have only analyzed mainly on the liquids and they did not pursue on the other possible health ill effects on the users of e-cigarettes.  The purpose of the study is to mainly raise possible questions on challenges to one's health.  Since the e-cigarettes have only been around recently so studies on their safety or harmful effects are still in question.

There are still no data available on the consequences on exposure from long-term use since these e-cigarettes have just hit the market a couple of years ago.  According to Portland State University chemist James Pankow, longitudinal data should be looked into and just use these data to know if there is a need to worry.

What the researchers did is they have measured the total amount of chemicals that are present in some thirty e-cigarette liquids like chocolate, apple, cotton candy, grape, bubble gum, cherry, tobacco, coffee and menthol.  The study revealed the flavorings contained 1% to 4% of the liquids which is nearly equivalent to 10 to 40 mg/mL which really raises the question if this will pose harm to one's health.

The findings have shown that questions raised on the health effects of e-cigarette liquid flavors whether they are harmful.  The six compounds that were used to bring flavor to these liquids are generally part of a certain class of aldehydes which are irritating to the respiratory system.  The different concentration on the flavored chemicals is already sufficient to be a concern toxicologically when exposed to e-cigarette chemical inhalation.