Vaping immediately affects vascular health and oxygen levels, study shows, even without nicotine [Video]

Vaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if the e-cigarette doesn’t contain nicotine, according to new research.The research – which has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal but is a presentation at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago – showed that using an e-cigarette with or without nicotine also decreased a metric known as venous oxygen saturation, which may mean the person’s lungs were taking in less oxygen.More research will be needed to corroborate the findings and study the effects in the long term. But scientists say these results may mean that vaping regularly could lead to vascular disease down the road.”People mistakenly believe that electronic cigarettes are safer alternatives to tobacco-based cigarettes, but this is actually not true,” said Dr. Marianne Nabbout, lead author of the study and a radiology resident at the University of …