2026-06-10 from globalnews.ca

E?cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to traditional smoking, but the results of a three-year University of Alberta study suggest vaping may actually be more harmful.

“We now know that early-life exposure to toxins can impair lung growth and predispose people to future lung disease,” said Michael Stickland, a researcher and professor of pulmonary medicine at the University of Alberta.

He’s part of a U of A team that studied 20 e?cigarette users in their early 20s over about three years. None had previously smoked traditional cigarettes or marijuana.

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