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Say Something Positive About E-Cigarettes? You Must Be A Bot Say Scientists
Scientists want people to think that any post about vaping must always be negative otherwise the author may be bot.
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Vaping may damage immune system and lead to lung disease, study suggests
Vaping speeds up the death of lung cells by 50 fold and could trigger lung diseases in later life, a new study suggests.
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E-cigarettes 'more harmful than we think'
E-cigarette vapour disables important immune cells in the lung and boosts inflammation.
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E-cigarette rules should be relaxed, say MPs
Rules around e-cigarettes should be relaxed so they can be more widely used and accepted in society, says a report by a committee of MPs. Vaping is much less harmful than normal cigarettes and e-cigarettes should be made available on prescription to help more people quit smoking, it said. The report also calls on the government to consider their use in public places. There is no evidence e-cigarettes are a gateway into smoking for young people, Public Health England said.
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Vaping 'can damage vital immune system cells'
Vaping 'can damage vital immune system cells' The researchers "caution against the widely held opinion that e-cigarettes are safe". However, Public Health England advises they are much less harmful than smoking and people should not hesitate to use them as an aid to giving up cigarettes. The small experimental study, led by Prof David Thickett, at the University of Birmingham, is published online in the journal Thorax.
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Scientists Scare Up Publicity with Prelimary DNA Study - Ends Up Admitting Lower Risk of E-Cigs
Scientists from the University of Minnesota get dozens of articles written about a preliminary study that hasn't been presented or published but admit that the risk presented from e-cigs are far different from cigs.
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FDA Caves to Political Pressure - Announces Huge Changes to E-Cig Policy
The spectre of teenage nicotine addiction has been successfully used to change FDA policy regarding the availability e-cigarettes, particularly flavored vape juice and pod systems, to U.S. adult consumers.
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In Defense of Juul, After the Latest Media Hit-Piece
The media frenzy against Juul, the US market leader in vaping products, is on steroids. The latest hit-piece was published ...
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Vitamin Vaping Raises Wariness among Scientists
Companies claim e-cigarettes can deliver nutrients, but experts say the science looks shaky
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Study: E-cigarettes may damage the heart
New research shows that electronic cigarettes contain chemicals that cause heart damage, adding to the growing list of concerns about their safety. The study, which will be presented next Monday at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions meeting in Chicago, investigated the effect that e-cigarettes have on the endothelial cells that line the inside of the body's blood vessels. Endothelial cells produce nitric oxide, a molecule that helps keep blood vessels healthy and control blood pressure levels.
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Vaping no boost to quit rates in smokers, study suggests
People who vape and smoke cigarettes are no more likely to drop the nicotine habit than those who just smoke, a new study suggests. Researchers at The Ohio State University studied 617 tobacco users and found no differences in quit rates for “dual users” of both traditional and electronic cigarettes.
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The Government’s Foolish War on Vaping
Misguided health police are cracking down on e-cigarettes.
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How to Help Teenagers Quit Vaping
Vaping is surging among American adolescents. According to one national survey, 3.6 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in 2018. Another found that the rise in vaping from 2017 to 2018 was the sharpest for any substance the researchers had investigated in the project’s 44-year history. While e-cigarettes swept onto the market about a decade ago on the perception that they were largely benign — useful tools, in fact, to help smokers quit tobacco — concerns are growing over the harm that might be caused by the particles and chemicals users inhale.
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Youth Drug Usage Survey Destroys Claim That Vaping is a Gateway Drug
How can vaping be a gateway drug if drug usage is down amid a vaping "epidemic" among the youth?
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E-cigarette flavorings shown to be harmful to the human lungs
Scientists have discovered that two chemicals that are commonly used to flavor e-cigarettes can cause harm to the human lungs.
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Philip Morris CEO on Vaping, Juul, and Staying Relevant
Philip Morris CEO André Calantzopoulo spoke to Barron’s after the companies earnings release on Thursday. “There is room for all kinds of products to coexist,” he says.
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Is Vaping with E-Cigarettes Safe?
Millions of Americans, including one in five high school students, use e-cigarettes.
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Hong Kong intends to jail vaping offenders
Robert Chan lit his first cigarette aged 18. He quickly became hooked, smoking 15 a day for more than a decade.
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A Switch to Vaping Reduces 8 Biomarkers of Smoking As Much As Abstinence
A randomized clinical study adds to the evidence that e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than the conventional kind.
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Legislation to Ban Vape Flavors Nationwide to be Introduced in Congress
Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette has announce plans to introduce the SAFE kids act legislation pushed last year to ban vape flavors by Senator Dick Durbin.
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