Author: Elise Hickman

I am a PhD student in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine at UNC. I study how e-cigarettes affect the respiratory immune system.

Blog / Fat in your lungs? How vaping can impact your body’s ability to fight viral respiratory infections.

April 13, 2020April 15, 2020 / Elise Hickman /

What are the effects of chronic vaping on the respiratory immune system? Using a mouse model, the authors showed that vaping decreases respiratory immune responses to viral infection, which could have implications for susceptibility to COVID-19 in people who vape.