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. 2024 Mar 7;16(3):c164. doi: 10.7759/cureus.c164

Correction: Electronic Cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction

Talal Alzahrani 1,
Editors: Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler
PMCID: PMC10932751  PMID: 38482538

This article has been corrected by the Editor-in-Chief. The online and PDF versions have been updated accordingly. The corrections are as follows:

  1. The following sentence in the Abstract has been corrected as follows: "This study suggests that current e-cigarette use increases the risks of cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction and stroke, in subjects who never smoked cigarettes." corrected to "This study suggests that current e-cigarette use may increase the risks of myocardial infarction in subjects who never smoked cigarettes."

  2. The following sentence in the Discussion section has been corrected as follows: "The results of this study suggest that current e-cigarette use is associated with myocardial infarction." corrected to "The results of this study suggest that current e-cigarette use may be associated with myocardial infarction."

  3. The following sentence in the Conclusions section has been corrected as follows: "E-cigarettes are associated with myocardial infarction in subjects who have never smoked cigarettes." corrected to "E-cigarettes may be associated with myocardial infarction in subjects who have never smoked cigarettes."

  4. Reference 18 has been updated to note that the referenced article has been retracted: Bhatta DN, Glantz SA: Electronic cigarette use and myocardial infarction among adults in the US population assessment of tobacco and health. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019, 8:e012317. 10.1161/JAHA.119.012317

  5. The paragraph following Table 2 has been corrected so that the odds ratios match those listed in Table 2.

The author agrees with this correction.

No competing interests declared.


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