
E145 – Australian Asthma Handbook update
Australian Prescriber Podcast
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The Risks of Disposable Vaping Devices
There is some evidence on effectiveness there have been a number of randomized trials comparing nicotine vaping with nicotine replacement therapy. The heated aerosol it's not smoke it's a warm aerosol so they shouldn't be combusting anything, but there are risks and certainly disposable vape products which are unfortunately very commonly coming into the country illegally and being used by young people are a real hazard. They're quite high concentration nicotine they've got a battery in them which makes them an environmental disaster when they're thrown away as litter.
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