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Vaping nicotine can increase anxiety symptoms and stress levels.

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Holliday E, Gould TJ. Nicotine, adolescence, and stress: A review of how stress can modulate the negative consequences of adolescent nicotine abuse. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016;65:173-184. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.04.003 (note: the studies cited in the article below were all conducted in rats/mice) Kassel JD, Unrod M. Smoking, anxiety, and attention: support for the role of nicotine in attentionally mediated anxiolysis. J Abnorm Psychol. 2000 Feb;109(1):161-6. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.109.1.161. PMID: 10740949. Morel C, et al. Nicotinic receptors mediate stress-nicotine detrimental interplay via dopamine cells’ activity. Mol Psychiatry 23, 1597–1605 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.145 (note: this study was performed on mice) Wills TA, Sandy JM, Yaeger AM. Stress and smoking in adolescence: a test of directional hypotheses. Health Psychol. 2002 Mar;21(2):122-30. PMID: 11950102. (Commentary)
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Erectile Dysfunction-

the high concentration of nicotine in vapes can impair blood vessel function.

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El-Shahawy, O., Shah, T., Obisesan, O. H., Durr, M., Stokes, A. C., Uddin, I., Pinjani, R., Benjamin, E. J., Mirbolouk, M., Osei, A. D., Loney, T., Sherman, S. E., & Blaha, M. J. (2021, November 30). Association of e-cigarettes with erectile dysfunction: The population assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Vaping nicotine can increase stress levels and anxiety symptoms.

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Holliday E, Gould TJ. Nicotine, adolescence, and stress: A review of how stress can modulate the negative consequences of adolescent nicotine abuse. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016;65:173-184. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.04.003 Kassel JD, Unrod M. Smoking, anxiety, and attention: support for the role of nicotine in attentionally mediated anxiolysis. J Abnorm Psychol. 2000 Feb;109(1):161-6. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.109.1.161. PMID: 10740949. Morel C, et al. Nicotinic receptors mediate stress-nicotine detrimental interplay via dopamine cells’ activity. Mol Psychiatry 23, 1597–1605 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.145 Wills TA, Sandy JM, Yaeger AM. Stress and smoking in adolescence: a test of directional hypotheses. Health Psychol. 2002 Mar;21(2):122-30. PMID: 11950102. (Commentary)
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Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal can feel like symptoms of depression, anxiety, and irritability. Using nicotine may relieve these symptoms, which leads to the perception that nicotine improves mental health, when in reality it can worsen mental health.

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Taylor, G., McNeill, A., Girling, A., Farley, A., Lindson-Hawley, N., & Aveyard, P. (2014, February 13). Change in mental health after smoking cessation: Systematic review and meta-analysis. The BMJ.
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Vaping nicotine can increase stress levels.

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Holliday E, Gould TJ. Nicotine, adolescence, and stress: A review of how stress can modulate the negative consequences of adolescent nicotine abuse. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016;65:173-184. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.04.003 Kassel JD, Unrod M. Smoking, anxiety, and attention: support for the role of nicotine in attentionally mediated anxiolysis. J Abnorm Psychol. 2000 Feb;109(1):161-6. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.109.1.161. PMID: 10740949.
Morel C, et al. Nicotinic receptors mediate stress-nicotine detrimental interplay via dopamine cells’ activity. Mol Psychiatry 23, 1597–1605 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.145 Wills TA, Sandy JM, Yaeger AM. Stress and smoking in adolescence: a test of directional hypotheses. Health Psychol. 2002 Mar;21(2):122-30. PMID: 11950102.
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