E-cigarettes are just as likely to give you a sickly smoker's cough

E-cigarettes are just as likely to give you a sickly smoker's cough: Study finds NICOTINE - not tobacco - strips lungs of their ability to fight off illness Researchers found nicotine hampers the airways' ability to clear mucus, making them weak  Mucus-clearing is key to keep the lungs strong to fend off disease E-cigarettes have more nicotine in them per session than one cigarette  This mucus build-up happens faster in younger e-cigarette users, the study said 

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.

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