{"doi":"10.15406/jlprr.9.1","title":"Untitled","abstract":"Introduction:Vaping continues to rapidly expand as an alternative to cigarette use and a novel tobacco-free inhalation device.The electronic devices are filled with e-juice which is heated, vaporized, and inhaled.There are a plethora of flavors and nicotine concentrations that can be added to the vegetable glycerin, and propylene glycol base liquid found in e-juice.Methods: 279 participants were divided into four groups varied according to type of e-juice.Two groups were given e-cigarettes to use, one group had no flavoring or nicotine added to the e-juice, the other group had mint flavoring and 5% nicotine added to the e-juice.The third and fourth groups were exposed to the vapor of the aforementioned types of e-juice.Participants vaped or were exposed to vapor for 20 minutes.A set of vital signs were obtained before and after the vaping sessions.Results: People vaping with mint-flavored e-juice with 5% nicotine have significant reductions in their oxygen saturation, but significant increases in blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory frequency compared to their non-vaping counterparts, or those vaping without mint flavored nicotine e-juice.Participants exposed to vapor with and without nicotine or mint flavors had significantly reduced blood pressures compared to people vaping mint-flavored e-juice with 5% nicotine. Conclusion:Vaping with mint-flavored e-juice with 5% nicotine for twenty minutes has a significant negative impact on vital signs.Exposure to vapor does not have the same effect on vital signs regardless of the contents of the e-juice.Implications: Health care providers should assess for vape use in their patients.Law makers should also be made aware of the physiological impacts of vaping different types of e-juice and exposure to vapor, and make informed policies and decisions regarding vape use.Vaping, especially with certain flavors and nicotine concentrations, is not a safe alternative to cigarette smoking, however, exposure to second-hand vapor does not appear to have significant immediate effects on vital signs.","journal":"Journal of Lung Pulmonary & Respiratory Research","year":2022,"id":314241,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9569,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2022-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[],"reference_count":20,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T00:33:52.047924Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}