According to the news of the new consumption of Blue Cave, on December 7, according to foreign news reports, electronic cigarettes are usually considered as safer alternatives than smoking. In recent years, its popularity has exploded, especially among young people.

Electronic cigarettes -technically called the electronic nicotine conveying system (ENDS) -the is also becoming more and more popular. It is used as a smoking cessation tool and a treatment equipment based on inhalation drugs.

However, some researchers, such as a group of the University of New Mexico, are worried about the safety of electronic cigarettes, so they are leading a project to allow users to gain the benefits of electronic cigarettes without health risks.

Assistant professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Nathan Jackson is one of the main researchers of a new project called "ENDS Drops and Metal Granular Analysis". The project has been selected by the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center as a pilot award.

Jackson said that the current electronic cigarette tools can be operated by heating the liquid to a high level to evaporate them, which will produce a chemical reaction, which produces potential toxic substances, such as formaldehyde and acrylics. System diseases have well -known long -term health risks.

He said: Each electronic cigarette tool works by heating the liquid to more than 200 degrees Celsius, which will produce toxic by -products, and then enter the inhaled gas -soluble liquid droplet. Our technology uses different mechanisms to create air -soluble gums that do not need to be heated, so it may eliminate harmful by -products.

Jackson is a inventor of atomization technology based on silicon micro-processing, called Silicon Vibration Grid Obel (SI-VMA). The heat used in this technology is significantly reduced. Drop distribution to eliminate ultra -fine particles and potentially eliminate metal particles in gas solids because it uses silicon -based membrane instead of metal membrane.

"Our technology uses silicon -based plates, including no metal contact with liquid, and it uses less calories, so we may reduce the health risks related to electronic cigarettes," Jackson said. "In addition, our technology can produce miniature droplets instead of the nano -level liquid droplets found in the current electronic cigarette tools, which means that droplets are unlikely to enter the blood and gather together. ","

The project's funding period was June 2023. The joint chief researcher of the project included two researchers from the UNM Health Science Center: Pavan Muttil from the School of Pharmacy and Katie Zychowski from the School of Nursing.

Jackson said that the market for this more secure electronic cigarette tool solution is huge. Whether it is medical use or entertainment, more secure technology can reduce the potential health costs related to electronic cigarettes in the future.

According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020, there are more than 8.1 million active e -cigarette adult users in the United States. In the field of treatment, millions of patients worldwide use ENDS technology to provide CBD substitutes such as CBD, and even though they are not recommended to do this although they are related to electronic cigarettes.

Jackson said that short -term pilot research aims to evaluate the feasibility of developing more secure electronic cigarette technology in the future. After reporting the results of this study, he said that the group plans to carry out greater funding projects, enabling them to develop and improved technologies and choose future commercialization.