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12/7/19 Cardiovascular Effects of Vaping Neal L Benowitz MD Professor of Medicine University of California San Francisco UCSF Heart Disease Dec 7, 2019 1 Disclosures Dr. Benowitz has been a consultant to pharmaceutical companies that


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Cardiovascular Effects of Vaping

Neal L Benowitz MD Professor of Medicine University of California San Francisco UCSF Heart Disease Dec 7, 2019

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Disclosures

  • Dr. Benowitz has been a consultant to

pharmaceutical companies that market smoking cessation products, including Pfizer and Achieve Life Sciences and a paid expert in litigation against tobacco companies

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Clinical Vignette

A 75 year old man with severe CAD, hypertension and HFrEF is a lifelong

  • smoker. He would like to quit smoking

but has been unable to do so with approved medications. He would like to try e-cigarettes and asks your advice about whether to do so.

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Your response?

(1) I recommend the approach (2) I wouldn’t recommend the approach, but it is up to you (3) Don’t use electronic cigarettes to quit smoking

Nickels, AnnalsATS 2017

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The Public Health Question

  • Cigarette smoking remains a major preventable cause
  • f disease and premature death. Most of the harms of

smoking are caused by tobacco combustion products.

  • The harms and risks of electronic cigarettes, which

deliver nicotine without combustion products, are an essential consideration in assessing the public health impact of nicotine-based harm reduction.

  • What do we know about the cardiovascular safety of

electronic cigarettes?

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Other Related Clinical Questions

  • Should the patient who has switched from cigarette

smoking to e-cigarettes be counseled to quit vaping?

  • What are the cardiovascular health risks of persistent

e-cigarette use in never-smokers?

  • In light of recent cases of vaping related acute lung

injury, how should we advise people who vape?

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Brief Summary

  • E-cigarette use, while not harmless, is most likely much

less harmful than cigarette smoking

  • There are many different e-cigarette devices and liquids,

and their health effects are likely to be quite different

  • The cardiovascular harms of long term use of e-cigarettes

have not been determined and need to be studied

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Overall Impact of Cigarette Smoking on CVD in the U.S.

  • 21% of all CV deaths
  • 56% of ischemic heart disease deaths

in people less than 65

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Getting smokers to quit as soon as possible is essential for public health

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Projected Global Mortality from Smoking 2000-2050

Cumulative Deaths (millions) Year

Henningfield and Slade, FDLI, 1998

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Hajek et al, NEJM, 2019

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Hajek et al, NEJM, 2019

Pragmatic trial, UK NHS

  • 866 participants
  • ECig Starter kit vs. Choice of NRT
  • Behavioral Support for 4 weeks
  • 80% ECig use in Quitters at 1 year

18.0 % 9.9% 5 10 15 20

CO-verified smoking abstinence at one year

E-Cigarettes NRT

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Gottlieb and Zeller, NEJM, 2016 Despite extraordinary progress in tobacco control and prevention, tobacco use remains the leading cause

  • f preventable disease and death in the United States. Combustible cigarettes cause the overwhelming

majority of tobacco-related disease and are responsible for more than 480,000 U.S. deaths each year. Indeed, when used as intended, combustible cigarettes kill half of all long-term users.1 With the tools provided to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, the agency has taken consequential steps to prevent sales of tobacco products to children, expand the science base for understanding traditional and newer tobacco products, and conduct public education campaigns. But the agency needs to do more to protect Americans;

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Addictiveness/Appeal Toxicity

Continuum of Risk

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As for smoking, teenagers now won’t go near a cigarette, but they do vape.

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5 10 15 20 25 30 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Prevalence (%)

Past 30-Day Product Use by High School Students (9th - 12th Grade) Cigarettes E-Cigarettes

National Youth Tobacco Survey

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What is an Electronic Cigarette?

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  • Heats a nicotine solution to create a vapor for inhalation

What is an electronic cigarette?

Clearomizer Battery

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coil wick

battery end

air

aerosol

mouth end

liquid

Schematic drawing of ENDS operation

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C’est une E-cigarette

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iQOS

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Main components of EC aerosol

  • Nicotine
  • Propylene glycol (PG)
  • Vegetable glycerine (VG)
  • Flavorants
  • Particles
  • Oxidants
  • Various thermal degradation products (carbonyls)
  • Metals (nickel, chromium, lead)

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E-cigarette Voltage and Aldehyde Emissions

(Sleiman et al. Envir Sci Tech 2016)

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Pathophysiology of Smoking-induced Cardiovacular Disease

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Tobacco Smoke Chemicals That May Contribute to Cardiovascular Disease

  • Oxidizing chemicals
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Particulates
  • Nicotine
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • Acrolein and other volatile organic

chemicals

  • Cadmium & other metals

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Mechanisms of Smoking-Induced Cardiovascular Disease

  • Hemodynamic*
  • Endothelial Dysfunction*
  • Hypercoagulable State
  • Inflammation*
  • Insulin Resistance*
  • Hyperlipidemia*
  • Arrhythmogenesis*

* Nicotine may contribute

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Acute myocardial infarction in smokers: a major role of thrombotic events

The smoker’s paradox

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Oxidant chemicals Particulates Other combustion products Inflammation Platelet activation/ thrombosis Endothelial dysfunction Carbon monoxide Reduced myocardial blood, oxygen, and nutrient supply Coronary occlusion Coronary Vasoconstrictio n Myocardial ischemia Myocardial infarction

Sudden death Increased Myocardial demand for oxygen and nutrients Increased heart rate Increased blood pressure Increased myocardial contractility

Sympathetic nervous system activation Nicotine Reduced

  • xygen

availability

Mechanisms of Smoking Induced Acute CV Events

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Cardiovascular Safety of Electronic Cigarettes

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Types of evidence

  • Nature and toxicity of constituents

(emissions)

  • Levels of exposure
  • Mechanisms and toxicology in

experimental models

  • Human experimental studies
  • Human epidemiology
  • Human switching studies

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Caveats in interpreting studies of EC cardiovascular toxicity

  • ECs are highly variable in emissions, including nicotine and

thermal degradation products. Some products probably more harmful than others

  • Preclinical EC studies do not accurately replicate human

dosing or duration

  • Acute effects of EC on biomarkers of CVD risk might not be

useful predictors of future events

  • Epidemiologic studies of CV events difficult to interpret

because most EC users current or former smokers, most EC users are young so there are small numbers of events, unclear timing between EC use and CV events, high prevalence of dual use, diagnosis of MI by self-report and

  • ther confounders.

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Constituents of Tobacco Smoke and EC aerosol that could contribute to CVD

  • Oxidizing chemicals #
  • Carbon monoxide *
  • Acrolein and other volatile organic compounds #
  • Particulates
  • Heavy metals #
  • Nicotine

* Not present in EC aerosol # Present at much lower levels - levels depend on coil heating temperature

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Goniewicz et al. NTR 2016

Reduced toxicant exposure after switching from tobacco to electronic cigarettes

Carbon Monoxide

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Baseline Week 1 Week 2

ppm (exhaled) Acrylonitrile 200 400 600

Baseline Week 1 Week 2

CNEMA (µg/g) Acrolein 500 1000 1500 2000

Baseline Week 1 Week 2

3 HPMA (µg/g) Benzene 500 1000 1500 2000

Baseline Week 1 Week 2

SPMA (ng/g)

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Cardiovascular Toxicity of Cigarette Smoking and E-cigarettes: What Role Nicotine?

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E-Liquid nicotine concentrations do not predict daily nicotine exposure

4.1 mg/ml 430 ng/ml 22.5 mg/ml 316 ng/ml 59 mg/ml 172 ng/ml (50 – 313)

Nicotine Concentration Blood/saliva Cotinine 37

Nicotine and JUUL

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JUUL liquid

  • Nicotine 3.0 and 5.0% by weight

(latter 59 mg/ml)

  • Nicotine as benzoate salt: benzoic

acid 45 mg/ml; molar ratio 0.97 to 1

  • pH 5.8 – easier to inhale!
  • Flavors: tobacco, menthol

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Nicotine Pharmacologic Mechanisms

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Nicotine Mimics the Neurotransmitter Acetylcholine: Both Bind to “Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors”

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Pharmacologic Effects of Nicotine

  • Facilitates neurotransmitter release

(e.g. dopamine)

  • Sympathetic neural stimulation
  • Immune suppression
  • Oxidant stress
  • Endothelial dysfunction
  • Inhibition of apoptosis
  • Promotes cell growth, including angiogenesis

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CV Actions of Nicotine and Probable Contribution to Smoking-induced CVD

Action

  • Hemodynamic
  • Endothelial Dysfunction
  • Thrombogenesis
  • Inflammation
  • Arrhythmogenesis
  • Lipid Abnormalities
  • Insulin Resistance/Diabetes
  • Myocardial Effects

Probable Contribution

  • Probable
  • Possible
  • Unlikely
  • Unlikely
  • Probable
  • Possible
  • Possible
  • Possible

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Hemodynamic Effects of Nicotine

  • Increased heart rate and BP
  • Increased myocardial

contractility and myocardial work

  • Coronary vasoconstriction &

Reduced coronary flow reserve

  • Cutaneous vasoconstriction
  • Skeletal muscle vasodilation

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Tobacco E-Cigarette Abstinence

HR

Circadian Heart Rate Effects of Cigarette Smoking and E-Cigarette Use

Heart rate acceleration indicates persistent sympathetic neural activation

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Other Consequences of Nicotine-induced Sympathetic Neural Activation

  • Arrythmogenesis (risk of sudden cardiac death)
  • Lipid abnormalities
  • Insulin resistance and diabetes
  • Inflammation (splenocardiac axis)

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Health Effects of Nicotine Medication and Smokeless Tobacco: Natural Experiment on Effects

  • f Nicotine without Combustion

Toxicants

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Snus Products

www.trinketsandtrash.org

Swedish snus American snus

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Smokeless Tobacco and CVD: Swedish Snus

  • Similar daily nicotine exposure, but

slower absorption

  • No effect on platelet activation or carotid

intimal thickness

  • Case control studies – no increase in risk
  • f MI or stroke; small but significant

increase in case fatality

  • Increased mortality with continued snus

after MI

  • Increased risk of heart failure, but not

atrial fibrillation

9.7 18.7 13.7 28.4

10 20 30

Q U Q U

Snus Cigarettes

Mortality (per 1000 pyr)

Arefalk, 2014

%

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E-cigarette Aerosol

Oxidizing Chemicals Particulates Acrolein Nicotine

Inflammation Sympathetic Nervous System Activation Catecholamine Release Platelet Activation Thrombosis Endothelial Dysfunctio n Myocardial Blood Flow Coronary Occlusion Coronary Vasoconstriction Heart Rate Blood Pressure Myocardial Contractility Ventricular Arrhythmogenesis Sudden Death Myocardial Ischemia Myocardial Infarction Myocardial Demand for oxygen and nutrients

Mechanisms by which E-cigarettes could cause Acute CV Events

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Empirical Evidence on CV Effects of E- cigarettes in People

  • Increased heart rate and blood pressure (nicotine

effects)

  • Increased arterial stiffness (conflicting reports)
  • Endothelial dysfunction (reduced FMD; increased

circulating EPCs)

  • Reduced heart rate variability
  • Oxidative stress (incr LDL oxidizability)
  • Platelet activation
  • Association between Ecig use and myocardial

infarction

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George et al. JACC 2019

Improved Endothelial Function after Switching from Tobacco Cigarettes to E-cigarettes

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J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8:e012317. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012317.) Am J Prev Med 2018; 55(4)455-461 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.05.004

Reports of Association Between E-Cigarettes and Myocardial Infarction

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Conclusions Regarding CV Safety of E- cigarettes

  • While likely more hazardous than nicotine medications,

based on qualitative and quantitative comparisons of emission constituents, the CV risk of E-cigarettes is most likely considerably less than that of conventional cigarette smoking

  • If E-cigarettes could be completely switched for

conventional cigarettes, the result could be a substantial benefit for public health

  • ECs differ markedly in emissions and likely CV risk. Effective

product regulation could minimize risk. Benowitz and Fraiman, Nat Rev Cardiol 2017

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My position

If a patient has failed initial treatment, has been intolerant to or refuses to use conventional smoking cessation medication, and wishes to use e- cigarettes to aid quitting, it is reasonable to support the attempt.

AHA Policy Statement on Electronic Cigarettes, Circulation 2014

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Counseling your Patient

  • The EC is likely to be much less toxic than cigarette

smoking, but …

  • The products are unregulated
  • ECs contain variable (and unpredictable) levels of toxic

chemicals

  • Use EC daily instead of smoking a cigarette
  • Do NOT continue cigarette smoking
  • Consider setting a quit date for EC use (unless needed to

prevent relapse to smoking)

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