By Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:44 BST, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 17:44 BST, 7 June 2019
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E-cigarettes are just as likely as cigarettes to give you a 'smoker's cough' and leave you susceptible to illness, researchers warn.
Even without tobacco, the nicotine in products like Juuls prevents the lungs from cleaning out mucus, according to a new study analyzing nicotine's impacts on human cells and in sheep.
What's more, there is more nicotine per vaping session than there is in a cigarette, and while tobacco carries the drug quickly into the bloodstream, vapor does not, leaving more nicotine in the lungs.
The researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center found that, as a result, e-cigarette users gradually experience a build-up of phlegm, making them more susceptible to illness, increasing the risk of a cough, and pave the way to asthma or chronic bronchitis.