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Objective assessment of nasal resistance among electronic cigarette users

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2021

S W Lim  and
AB Zulkiflee
S W Lim*
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
AB Zulkiflee
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Sin Wee Lim, Otorhinolaryngology Department, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Jalan Universiti, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: sinwee_lim@yahoo.co.uk
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Abstract

Background

Electronic cigarettes have been a popular alternative to tobacco smoking. The effect of tobacco smoking on nasal airway resistance has been investigated before; however, the effect of the aerosol generated by electronic cigarettes is still unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of e-cigarettes on nasal airway resistance.

Methods

Sixty-one participants were recruited into a vapers group and a control group. The vapers group was instructed to smoke for 5 minutes, and their nasal resistance was measured pre-procedure and at 1 and 5 minutes post-procedure. The results were compared between both groups.

Results

Repeated measures analysis of variance demonstrated that vaping has no statistically significant effect on total nasal airway resistance.

Conclusion

Although the differences between both groups were not statistically significant overall, the vapers group showed a reduction in nasal airway resistance in the short term.

Keywords

VapingE-CigarettesAirway ResistanceRhinomanometrySmoking
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 135 , Issue 7 , July 2021 , pp. 616 - 619
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Dr S W Lim takes responsibility for the integrity of the content of the paper

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