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    Get well soon: E-cigarettes are equally harmful to you

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    How harmful are e-cigarettes? —Santhosh M, Aminjikarai

    E-cigarettes contain nicotine and there is an ample scientific evidence available about the harms of nicotine. Cigarette smoking rates among teens have dropped over the last few decades, but the use of electronic cigarettes which is also called vaping has risen in this age group in some of the countries. While the ingredients vary, the liquid typically contains 95 per cent propylene glycol and glycerine are technically less toxic than those in tobacco cigarettes. But when the product is heated, then the same compounds start to decompose so that they can generate very dangerous compounds like formaldehyde. 

    — Dr Mohan M, Pulmonologist

    Are there any side effects of donating blood? —Mary Peters, Nungambakkam

    It is just a myth that there are side effects of donating blood. Some of them include losing weight or become weak. Actually, donating blood is actually good for health because fresh blood is generated in the body to compensate for the loss. Donors have the least risk of contracting any disease or infection. The risk is on the recipient side, not the donor side.

    — Dr P Krishnamoorthy, Head of Department, General Medicine and Haematology, Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre, Madurai

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