Abstract:
Background: Cigarette smoke has been identified as the main cause of oral cavity carcinoma. Recently, the electronic cigarette, a battery-operated device, was developed to help smokers stop their tobacco addiction. This study aimed to evaluate the safety of electronic cigarettes and to establish the possible role of such device in the primary prevention of oral cavity cancer.
Subjects and methods: This study included 65 subjects who were divided into three groups (smokers, e-cigarette smokers, and nonsmokers). All subjects were submitted to cytologic examination by scraping of oral mucosa. The slides were microscopically evaluated through a micronucleus assay test.
Results: The prevalence of micronuclei was significantly decreased in the e-cigarette smoker group. There were no statistically significant differences in micronuclei distribution according to the type of cigarette, gender, and age.
Conclusions: The use of electronic cigarettes seems to be safe for oral cells and should be suggested as an aid to smoking cessation.
The article's title and abstract may be subject to modification prior to publication.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Brenda Anne Wilson,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Editor in Chief, Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat
Background: Cigarette smoke has been identified as the main cause of oral cavity carcinoma. Recently, the electronic cigarette, a battery-operated device, was developed to help smokers stop their tobacco addiction. This study aimed to evaluate the safety of electronic cigarettes and to establish the possible role of such device in the primary prevention of oral cavity cancer.
Subjects and methods: This study included 65 subjects who were divided into three groups (smokers, e-cigarette smokers, and nonsmokers). All subjects were submitted to cytologic examination by scraping of oral mucosa. The slides were microscopically evaluated through a micronucleus assay test.
Results: The prevalence of micronuclei was significantly decreased in the e-cigarette smoker group. There were no statistically significant differences in micronuclei distribution according to the type of cigarette, gender, and age.
Conclusions: The use of electronic cigarettes seems to be safe for oral cells and should be suggested as an aid to smoking cessation.
The article's title and abstract may be subject to modification prior to publication.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Brenda Anne Wilson,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Editor in Chief, Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat
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