Experts say a lab study on “passive vaping” does not reflect what bystanders actually breathe in real life.
The experiment used a machine to pump vape aerosol into a tiny sealed chamber, which critics say can exaggerate exposure levels.
Roberto A. Sussman…
Some recent studies linking vaping to heart disease and cancer rely on weak or inconsistent methods.
Experts say “adjusting for smoking” is often done too crudely to separate vaping risks from decades of past smoking.
Reviews that combine flawed studies can give…
An academic article used by EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to justify his assertion that safer nicotine products are as dangerous as smoking has been taken apart by a leading tobacco and nicotine expert.
“In my view this is not a scientific review,…
In a lab study of 41 adults who both smoke and vape, limiting vape flavour and device options made cigarettes more likely to be chosen
When only a tobacco-flavoured vape was available, people chose cigarettes more often and vaped less
Even when…
New review finds vaping involved in just 5.3% of teen cigarette experimentation in analysed cohorts
Most ‘gateway’ studies excluded nearly two thirds of teen vapers and three quarters of new smokers from their main analysis
Study design prevents detecting any potential ‘diversion’…
Adults on low incomes found vapes and nicotine pouches highly convenient, allowing them to manage cravings in places where smoking is impossible.
Both products significantly reduced cigarette use among participants, with some reporting they no longer craved cigarettes at all.
Many participants…
Systematic review finds consistently lower toxicant and inflammatory biomarker levels in heated tobacco users than in smokers
Studies report comparable or modestly improved respiratory function among heated tobacco users
Biomarkers tied to cancer risk, oxidative stress and cardiovascular strain were significantly reduced…
Only 51.9 per cent of youth who said they might vape went on to try it within four years.
28.8 per cent of youth who said they definitely wouldn’t vape tried it anyway.
The measure did not reliably identify which young people…
Italian researchers argue that a recent meta-analysis overstated the evidence linking vaping to COPD.
They say most studies failed to adjust properly for smoking history - the main cause of COPD.
The critics highlight “reverse causation,” where people with COPD may take…
