Psychiatrist Dr. Nan-Ying Chiu said that studies have pointed out that those who use tobacco products or e-cigarettes may experience “brain fog” symptoms, distraction and memory loss, and those who start using e-cigarettes between the ages of 8 and 13 are more likely to have “brain fog” than those who use them after the age of 14.
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) analyzed data from two U.S.-wide questionnaires, one of which surveyed 18,000 national high school students in 2018, and the other of which conducted telephone interviews with more than 886,000 adults, both of which asked respondents about their use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes, and explored their Both asked respondents about their use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes, and explored their cognitive status such as attention and memory.
The results showed that regardless of whether the respondents were adults or not, those who used tobacco products and e-cigarettes were significantly more likely to experience “brain fog” than those who did not use tobacco products, and youth who started using e-cigarettes between the ages of 8 and 13 were more likely to experience “brain fog” than those who started using e-cigarettes after the age of 14.
According to Nan-Ying Qiu, mental fog (brain fog, or clouding of consciousness) is a subjective self-reported brain condition of severe distraction, memory deficits, and difficulty making decisions (DCRMD, difficulty concentrating, DCRMD (difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions).
According to Nan-Ying Qiu, adolescents are a critical period of brain development, and their bodies, especially their brains, are highly susceptible to the use of tobacco products or e-cigarettes, which can cause not only physical discomfort, resulting in symptoms such as e-cigarette-related lung injury (EVALI), asthma, pneumonia, headache, vomiting, and seizures, but also emotional instability, learning difficulties, substance abuse/dependence (e.g., marijuana, methamphetamine, etc.), and mental conditions. Methamphetamine and other drugs), and even permanent damage to brain development.
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