Smoking robots used to test effects of e-cigarettes

Saturday, September 5, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- Researchers at the University of Miami are using a smoking robot to see what impact e-cigarette aerosol may have on the lung's airways.

E-cigarettes were designed overseas as a tool to help smokers kick the habit. However, numbers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention show the devices are increasingly being used by teens.
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Little is known about the effect of e-cigarettes and their vapor. Now, scientists are using a smoking robot to help them find out.

Learn more by watching Health Specialist Denise Dador's report above.
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