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Neil Shaw & Mark O'Brien

One flavour of vape damages lungs more than any other, scientists warn

Scientists have warned that mint vapes cause more damage to lungs than any other flavour.

There are more toxic microparticles in mint flavour vapes compared to menthol-free liquids. A new study has found mint vapers took shallower breaths and had poorer lung function than other smokers, reports Wales Online.

This was regardless of how long they smoked cigarettes, whether they used cannabis-laced vaping products, or what their age, gender or race was. The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) has put pressure on cigarette manufacturers to ban menthol in regular tobacco products including cigarettes and cigars while scientists have warned minty flavour vapes could be as dangerous as cannabinoid vapes - which have been strongly linked to lung injury.

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