US EditionOver 250,000 people a year need emergency care due to smoking - DutchNews.nl
A one-day survey of 67 Dutch emergency departments found 26,500 annual cases directly caused by nicotine use and 193,000 where it contributed to acute health issues.
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Collapsed lungs, shortness of breath and coughing fits: more than 26,000 people end up in the emergency room every year with complaints due to smoking or vaping.
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Data published by the Office for National Statistics in November 2025 revealed 5.4 million over-16s in the UK were using e-cigarettes either daily or occasionally, eclipsing the 4.9 million tobacco smokers.
Every year, 26,500 people end up in the emergency room due to symptoms entirely caused by nicotine use, according to new research. Nearly 26,500…
More than 70 people end up in the emergency room (ED) every day due to smoking and vaping. This is according to a large-scale study involving 67 emergency departments. "Blue lips, gasping for breath: seeing patients in acute respiratory distress never gets old."
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and other institutions calculate that thousands of visits to the emergency department (ED) are made annually by people with symptoms entirely caused by nicotine use. On Wednesday, they published the results of a 24-hour study in Dutch EDs.
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