They're promoted as a safer alternative to smoking, but e-cigarettes may be posing its own serious health risks.

In this week's episode, Ilona Jaspers, the director of the toxicology program at the UNC School of Medicine, discusses the how inhaling the vaporized flavored liquids is altering genes important to the immune system.

They're promoted as a safer alternative to smoking, but e-cigarettes may be posing its own serious health risks. In this week's episode, Ilona Jaspers, the director of the toxicology program at the UNC School of Medicine, discusses the how inhaling the vaporized flavored liquids is altering genes important to the immune system.

Well Said: Risk of E-cigarettes and vaping

From March Madness to Cuban relations, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill community is playing a role in some of the most important topics and issues making headlines around the world.

Join us every Wednesday for the UNC-Chapel Hill's “Well Said” podcast as we talk with Carolina’s newsmakers and experts. Each week, students, faculty, staff and alumni will discuss whats going on in classrooms, labs and around campus, and how it pertains to the local, national and international headlines.

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From March Madness to Cuban relations, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill community is playing a role in some of the most important topics and issues making headlines around the world. Join us every Wednesday for the UNC-Chapel Hill's “Well Said” podcast as we talk with Carolina’s newsmakers and experts. Each week, students, faculty, staff and alumni will discuss whats going on in classrooms, labs and around campus, and how it pertains to the local, national and international headlines.

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