E-Cigarette Smoking, Voice, and Health: A Clinician’s Guide to Vaping’s Effect on Voice and Breathing

E-Cigarette Smoking, Voice, and Health: A Clinician’s Guide to Vaping’s Effect on Voice and Breathing

by Abdul-latif Hamdan

This book brings together current research on the effects of vaping on the human voice and examines the underlying pathophysiology of voice-related symptoms in affected individuals. It reviews the harmful impact of e-cigarette use on multiple body systems, including those essential for healthy voice production. Evidence shows that vaping can impair pulmonary function, compromising the respiratory power needed for phonation. It has also been associated with increased sinonasal and oral symptoms, which can alter vocal resonance and overall voice quality.

In addition, vaping has been linked to reflux disease and esophagitis, exposing the unprotected tissues of the larynx and pharynx to potential injury from gastroduodenal refluxate. Offering clear insights into how e-cigarette use affects the phonatory mechanism is especially crucial for professional voice users who depend on optimal vocal performance for their livelihood.

E-Cigarette Smoking, Voice, and Health is intended for physicians, medical trainees, and health care professionals, particularly otolaryngologists, laryngologists, speech-language pathologists, and voice therapists.