Smoking while wearing a surgical mask doubles exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood vessel function. Smoking either traditional or non-combustible cigarettes while wearing a surgical mask results in a doubling in exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood vessel function compared to non-mask
Smoking while wearing a surgical mask doubles exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood vessel function.
This research focused on traditional cigarettes and non-combustible cigarettes, also called “heat not burn” or “heated” tobacco products. Non-combustible cigarettes contain tobacco that is electronically heated to a lower temperature than a combusted cigarette, delivering an inhalable aerosol containing nicotine. Electronic cigarettes , which electronically heat a liquid containing nicotine to create an aerosol that is inhaled, were not included in the study.
40 smokers of conventional cigarettes, 40 exclusive heat not burn cigarette users and 40 non-smokers with similar age and sex who were medical personnel in a university hospital were included in the study. Individuals with known cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, dyslipidemia, or atrial fibrillation were excluded as these conditions may affect vascular function.
The average age of participants was 45 years and 72% were women. A similar number of combustible or non-combustible cigarettes were smoked during mask and non-mask periods. In conventional cigarette smokers, exhaled carbon monoxide increased from 8.00 parts per million at baseline to 12.15 ppm with no mask and 17.45 ppm with a mask. In non-combustible cigarette smokers, exhaled carbon monoxide increased from 1.15 ppm at baseline to 1.43 ppm with no mask and 2.20 ppm with a mask.
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