However, there was also a lower increase of platelet aggregation following e-cigarette use than with conventional cigarette use (178)
[174] "Report of the Committee on Legislation and Legal Activities," in Proceedings of the 54 th Annual Meeting of the National Tobacco Tax Association (Chicago: Federation of Tax Administrators, 1990), 49, 52
Ultimately, being mindful of how everyday rituals affect your long-term health can make a significant difference in preventing these serious, and often silent, conditions.
This figure doesn't include vapers who have previously not smoked tobacco, meaning that the numbers could easily be climbing far higher
Historians Robert Proctor and Allan Brandt, both of whom have written extensively on the subject of smoking, have also served as expert witnesses in tobacco litigation cases, but not on behalf of the tobacco companies