Experts issue health warning as specific vapes raise blood pressure and heart rate

A warning has been issued over a specific type of vape, which is more harmful to your health than others.

Experts have carried out a study, titled 'Cardiovascular Injury due to Tobacco Products 2.0', which has found a number of health issues with certain vape users.

Conducted by scientists over at Boston University and Yale University, participants in the study were between the ages of 18 and 45.

They were told to avoid food, caffeine, tobacco, and exercise for six hours before being tested.

The results were particularly interesting as the UK banned the sale and supply of single-use vapes in June this year, limiting the accessibility of the products for good.

Those banned in 2009 or later will also be banned from buying tobacco products in their lives, in a move by the government aimed at limiting health concerns in young people, as well as to slow the volume of electronic waste.

Single-use vapes may have been banned but users have pivoted to refillable e-cigarettes (Getty Stock Image)

Now, vape users must use refillable vapes, which have batteries that can be recharged.

The official website explains that the number of youngsters vaping is still 'too high', with this ban an effort to get this figure down.

But the study carried out by those at the American universities found that 'clear' vapes are more harmful to your blood pressure and heart rate, compared to more flavourful vapes.

These products have synthetic cooling compounds which can recreate the cooling sensation given by menthol, minus the minty scent.

As part of the study, explained by MedPage, participants took three to four second puffs of vapes every 30 seconds in a ten-minute period, with blood pressure and heart rate readings taken ten minutes after the puffing.

The difference between 'clear' and 'non-clear' flavoured vapes was striking.

Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, and heart rate had a more significant rise in clear vape users - which came as a shock to many.

Researchers stated that more research is 'critically needed to maximise the impact of flavour bans and protect adolescents and young adults'.

The results were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, led by Naomi Hamburg, MD, MS, of Boston University.

Clear vape users have been warned by scientists (Getty/Tatiana Lavrova)

The authors wrote in conclusion: "Given prior evidence linking the hemodynamic effects of e-cigarette use to nicotine, it is possible that the presence of synthetic coolants in 'clear' e-cigarettes facilitated inhalation, in turn leading to higher puff volume and thus exposure to e-liquid aerosol and nicotine."

They added that 'clear e-cigarettes induced more pronounced hemodynamic effects', meaning that more studies must be carried out into the 'synthetic cooling agents' used in these products.

As well as this, research into the matter revealed that vaping has connections with asthma, coughing, and airway irritation.

Experts have also found possible links between vapes and mental health issues, as well as various other health problems.