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Popcorn lung is a Myth and always has been!
26 December Top Ten Ridiculous E-Cigarettes Cause Popcorn Lung Claims of 2024 Perhaps the most misleading and damaging claim that is...
Pippa Starr
Dec 26, 2024


Study demonstrates that adults who switch completely from smoking cigarettes to use of vapes substantially reduce their exposure to harmful and potentially harmful constituents.
25 Dec 2024 CONCLUSION This randomized study demonstrates that adults who switch completely from smoking cigarettes to use of JUUL2 ENDS...
Pippa Starr
Dec 25, 2024


Stop Smoking Start Vaping
Download Free Copy Vaping is the most popular and most effective aid for quitting smoking. However, it is poorly understood and there is...
Colin Mendelsohn
Dec 15, 2024


Is Simon Chapman Correct To Dismiss That Vapes Are 95% Safer?
A recent op-ed by Joseph Hart in November 2024 outlines where Simon may be coming from with such dismissals. But is it evidence based?...
Pippa Starr
Nov 26, 2024


The Gateway Theory Debunked Again!
7 June 2024: Last updated 24 Novemeber 2024 " Evidence offered in support of the gateway hypothesis does not establish that ENDS use...
Pippa Starr
Nov 24, 2024


Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes in High-Risk Populations3 Randomized Clinical Trials
06 September 2024 Stephen T. Higgins, PhD1 ; Stacey C. Sigmon, PhD1 ; Jennifer W. Tidey, PhD2 ; et al https://jamanetwork.com/journals/ja...
09algor
Sep 6, 2024

National Heart Foundation slams vaping with flawed evidence
THE NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION (NHF) has recently intensified its attack on vaping, claiming that “e-cigarettes and vaping are damaging to...
Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 31, 2024

Everything you need to know about vaping. FAQ
IF YOU ARE LOOKING for comprehensive, easy-to-read and fully referenced information on vaping, please visit the FAQs page on my website ....
Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 21, 2024


Daily Use of E-Cigarettes Linked to Higher Cigarette Quit Rates, Roswell Park Research Shows
New PATH Study findings underscore importance of sufficient nicotine replacement for smoking cessation Adults in the U.S. who used...
Pippa Starr
Aug 1, 2024


Vapers Get Less Dental Plaque Than Smokers!
A study revealed vapers showed plaque levels similar to never and former smokers and at significantly lower than current smokers.
Pippa Starr
Aug 1, 2024


Vaping Tied to Reduced Smoking Prevalence
by Taco Tuinstra - Tobacco Reporter " The new analysis “I ncreased e-cigarette use prevalence is associated with decreased smoking...
Pippa Starr
Jul 29, 2024


Formaldehyde In Vapes? Exposing Another Chemical Scare
by The Firebreak July 25 2004 " The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the average daily intake of formaldehyde from all...
Pippa Starr
Jul 5, 2024


Daily e-cigarette in 2019 to 2021 were consistently associated with greater cigarette discontinuation rates!
" Menthol or mint flavor vs tobacco flavor e-cigarette use among adults who dual used cigarettes and e-cigarettes was associated with...
Pippa Starr
May 28, 2024


The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a new report that looks at the part e-cigarettes can play in preventing death, disability and inequalities from tobacco use.
18 April 2024 The new RCP report, E-cigarettes and harm reduction: An evidence review, looks at several themes, including how...
09algor
Apr 18, 2024


Vapes Reduce Smoking? An evidence brief by Clive Bates
https://clivebates.com/documents/EB2switching.pdf
Pippa Starr
Feb 1, 2024

How should Australia regulate nicotine vaping products? – new research
NICOTINE VAPING PRODUCTS should be sold to adult smokers from licensed retail outlets without a nicotine prescription in Australia as...
Colin Mendelsohn
Apr 19, 2023


Vaping is rare in young adult Australian non-smokers and is reducing smoking – study
A RECENT AUSTRALIAN STUDY has found that current vaping by young people (mostly young adults) who have never smoked is rare. Most vaping...
Colin Mendelsohn
Mar 29, 2023


New study shows vaping helps Australian smokers quit
The first Australian real-world study of vaping nicotine has found that using e-cigarettes to quit increased the odds of success by...
Colin Mendelsohn
Apr 12, 2022


American Heart Association Journal Finally Retracts Study Implying That E-Cigarettes Cause Heart Attacks Before People Use Them
a study implying that e-cigarettes magically cause heart attacks before people even try them, it has retracted the article.
Pippa Starr
Feb 18, 2020

Passive Vaping Far Safer Than Passive Smoking
Peering through the mist: A Systematic Review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks...
Al Gor
Jan 8, 2014

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