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Vaping’s life-threatening cost: UAE doctors warn of severe health risks to teens
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A UAE-based doctor said he has seen adolescents in their mid-to-late teenage years who report regular use of vaping or nicotine products.
Dr Prabhu Prasad N.C., Specialist Pulmonologist at RAK Hospital, said adolescents who use vapes or nicotine products often do not initially present as addiction cases.
“They usually come with cough, wheeze, throat irritation, breathlessness, poor exercise tolerance, sleep disturbance, anxiety, or repeated respiratory symptoms,” he said. “Only when we ask specifically about vaping, e-cigarettes, disposable vapes, shisha, cigarettes, or nicotine pouches does the history become clear.”
