Casey Sommerfeld, the patients pediatrician and lead author of the study, said chemicals in the e-cigarettes led to lung damage and inflammation, which triggered the womans body to mount an immune response
"While most people expect that they'll be exposed to car exhaust, or other chemicals in low concentrations when they're outside they tend to think that they're escaping all that when they step indoors," says DeCarlo
He warned a menthol ban is unlikely to yield different results.
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After smoking, nicotine quickly enters the bloodstream through the lungs and spreads to the brain, where it binds to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), which has a high affinity for nicotine, and triggers the release of various neurotransmitters, in particular dopamine