Music Monday. >>> jaciel cordoba: If youre one of the millions of people who will make a new years resolution to quit smoking in 2015, you might want to think twice about using e-cigarettes to help you quit. >> eve tannery: WFMZs Nancy Werteen tells us why in Life Lessons. have been controversial and now a new study is out, that shows the more you use e-cigarettes, the higher your risk of respiratory infections. ------ >>nat sound: Nats - Paula using e-cigarette) :02 >>nancy: in an effort to help her quit smoking paula brown started using an e-cigarette. shed used tobacco for decades and was becoming increasingly aware of the negative side effects.:09 >> Paula Brown Uses e-cigarettes Probably the worst side effect that i had from smoking was the heaviness in your chest and taste and smell. :06 >>nancy: while the e-cigarette has kept paula away from tobacco, experts say there are dangers in e- cigarettes that are just now coming to light. in a recent study, researchers at national jewish health in denver tested the liquid used in e- cigarettes - sometimes called e-liquid - and noticed just how quickly human cells were damaged by it. :19 >> Hong Wei Chu, md National Jewish Health You add the, you know, the e-liquid to the cells, it increased the levels of viral infection inside the cells. :06 >>nancy: doctor hong wei chu (pronounced: hong way choo) led the study. using this device, his team put cells from the airways of young, healthy non-smokers in one end, and in the other, they put an e-cigarette. they found after just ten minutes of exposure, the cells were damaged, the damage lasted 24 hours or longer - and the risk of respiratory infection increased substantially.1 whats even more troubling, is that it didnt matter if the liquid contained nicotine or not - the liquid itself did the damage. something experts worry about - given how some products are flavored and actually marketed to teenagers. :33 >> David Tinkleman, md National Jewish Health When you flavor them in that way not only are they appealing, but, falsely, the user sees them as Oh, no big deal. Theyre not bad for me. :10 >>nancy: but there is mounting evidence they can be bad for you - regardless of why you use them or how old you are. ---- >>Nancy: use of e-cigarettes has shot up more than 620 percent since 2010 and more than 40 million
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