{"id":240,"date":"2023-08-07T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/?p=240"},"modified":"2023-08-07T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:35:06","slug":"dr-naomi-hamburg-featured-in-new-abc-news-article-regarding-the-risk-of-vaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/2023\/08\/07\/dr-naomi-hamburg-featured-in-new-abc-news-article-regarding-the-risk-of-vaping\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Naomi Hamburg featured in new ABC News article regarding the risk of vaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">&#8220;While noting that e-cigarettes \u201cincrease the likelihood of successful smoking cessation compared with nicotine replacement therapy\u201d they discouraged the use of e-cigarettes as a first approach \u201cbecause of the lack of long term safety data and the risks of sustained use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">Even in young people, e-cigarettes have been<span>\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"zZyg UbGl iFzk qdXb WCDh DbOX tqUt \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.heart.org\/news\/people-who-vape-had-worrisome-changes-in-cardiovascular-function-even-as-young-adults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shown<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>to &#8220;increase heart rate, blood pressure and affect the ability of the blood vessels to relax,&#8221; said Dr. Naomi Hamburg, Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Boston University. Using an alternative option that has been proven to be safe is ideal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the full article here:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/doctors-increasingly-discourage-vaping-amid-mounting-health-concerns\/story?id=101784059\">https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/doctors-increasingly-discourage-vaping-amid-mounting-health-concerns\/story?id=101784059<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;While noting that e-cigarettes \u201cincrease the likelihood of successful smoking cessation compared with nicotine replacement therapy\u201d they discouraged the use of e-cigarettes as a first approach \u201cbecause of the lack of long term safety data and the risks of sustained use.\u201d Even in young people, e-cigarettes have been\u00a0shown\u00a0to &#8220;increase heart rate, blood pressure and affect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20986,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20986"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/vascularbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}