{"id":471778,"date":"2022-07-08T02:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T23:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mask-wearing-amplifies-harms-of-smoking\/"},"modified":"2022-07-08T02:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T23:10:01","slug":"mask-wearing-amplifies-harms-of-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mask-wearing-amplifies-harms-of-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mask wearing amplifies harms of smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be77c47ffb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be77c47ffb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mask-wearing-amplifies-harms-of-smoking\/#%E2%80%9CMask_wearing_amplifies_harms_of_smoking%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Mask wearing amplifies harms of smoking&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMask_wearing_amplifies_harms_of_smoking%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Mask wearing amplifies harms of smoking&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2018\/smokers.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2018\/smokers.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2018\/smokers.jpg\" alt=\"smokers\" title=\"Credit: CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Smoking traditional or non-combustible cigarettes while wearing a surgical mask results in a two-fold rise in exhaled carbon monoxide and impaired blood vessel function compared to non-mask periods. That&#8217;s the finding of research published today in the <i>European Journal of Preventive Cardiology,<\/i> a journal of the ESC.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                &#8220;The study suggests that smoking any tobacco product has become even more hazardous during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the need to wear a mask for long hours,&#8221; said study author Professor Ignatios Ikonomidis of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. &#8220;Prior research has shown that impaired vascular function is linked with heart problems and premature death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The study focused on traditional (combustible) cigarettes and non-combustible cigarettes, also called &#8220;heat not burn&#8221; or &#8220;heated&#8221; 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. The study did not include e-cigarettes (also called vaping), which electronically heat a liquid containing nicotine to create an aerosol that is inhaled.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers investigated the levels of exhaled carbon monoxide in smokers while wearing a mask during working hours and compared it to carbon monoxide levels during days off without a mask. In a second step, the researchers examined whether the change in carbon monoxide exposure was accompanied by impaired blood vessel function.<\/p>\n<p>The study included 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. Individuals with known cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, chronic kidney disease or atrial fibrillation were excluded as these conditions can affect vascular function.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers measured exhaled carbon monoxide after a deep breath and markers of vascular function (pulse wave velocity, augmentation index and central systolic blood pressure). Baseline assessments were done early in the morning after sleep without a mask to obtain values after a long period without smoking. Participants were randomized to a second assessment after either an eight-hour shift wearing a mask or eight hours off without a mask. They then crossed over to a third assessment after either eight hours off with no mask or eight hours working with a mask.<\/p>\n<p>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 (ppm) 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. Among non-smokers, exhaled carbon monoxide did not differ among the baseline, non-mask and mask periods.<\/p>\n<p>In both combustible and non-combustible cigarette smokers, all vascular markers were higher while wearing a mask compared to no mask. In non-smokers, there were no differences in vascular markers among the three periods.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ikonomidis said, &#8220;Compared to smokers of combustible cigarettes, non-combustible cigarette users had lower baseline carbon monoxide levels and smaller increases in vascular damage while wearing a mask. Nevertheless, the findings show that smoking any tobacco product while wearing a mask may further impair blood vessel function compared to non-mask periods, at least partly due to greater re-inhalation of carbon monoxide and\/or vapor rich in nicotine. The results provide even more impetus for all smokers to kick the habit.&#8221;\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Blood vessel function takes harmful hit from hookah tobacco smoking\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                The effect of smoking on exhaled carbon monoxide and arterial elasticity during prolonged surgical mask use in the COVID-19 era, <i>European Journal of Preventive Cardiology<\/i> (2022). <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1093\/eurjpc\/zwac101\">DOI: 10.1093\/eurjpc\/zwac101<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    European Society of Cardiology<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.escardio.org\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Mask wearing amplifies harms of smoking (2022, July  7)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  8 July 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-07-mask-amplifies.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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