During pregnancy, the nicotine exposure increases the risk for eclampsia, premature birth, still birth, reduced birth weight, reduced lung function at birth, apnea, cleft lip and palate and probably effects muscle and skeletal development in the new-born child [33]
By offering a substitute oral activity, it also helps break the habitual hand-to-mouth cycle that is part of the smoking behavior
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Long-term health effects of EC use are unknown but compared with cigarettes, EC are likely to be much less, if at all, harmful to users or bystanders
Patel V, Borysenko M, Kumar MSA, Millard WJ
The chemical compound nicotine is the main driver behind this persistent addiction