Study Finds THC Vaping Causes Lung Injury in Youths, Warns About Vaping in General
A new study conducted by the Cleveland Clinic found that teenagers who regularly vape THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) are likely to develop EVALI, aka "e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury". Published in the Journal of Pediatric Pulmonology, the research...
Read More...Controversial Study Suggests Vaping May Cause Gum Disease
According to a new study on the effects of vaping on the oral microbiome, using e-cigarettes, even without nicotine-containing e-liquid, causes drastic changes that may lead to gum disease. Titled Adverse Effects...
Read More...Tobacco Control Expert Raises Alarm About Poor Quality of Vaping Studies
In order to develop strategies for properly regulating electronic cigarettes, we must first understand how they work and what effects they have on our health. For that, objective research is key, but as one German tobacco control expert points out in a recent editorial, e-cigarette research seems to be more quantity than quality lately. In an interesting op-ed
Read More...Small Study Finds That Vaping Improves Blood Vessel Elasticity in Smokers
The cardiovascular system is one of the most affected by prolonged tobacco smoking, but a small Greek study shows that vaping can considerably improve arterial elasticity in smokers in just a few months. Researchers from the cardiology, hematology and pharmacology departments of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens conducted a small study entitled "
Read More...E-Cigarette Vapor Does Not Compromise Bone Density, Animal Study Suggests
According to a new study conducted by a team of European scientists, electronic cigarette vapor doesn't appear to have a negative effect on bone structure, unlike cigarette smoke which significantly decreases both bone density and volume fraction. We've long known that smoking has numerous adverse effects on our health, but apart from the respiratory and cardiovascular functions, most of...
Read More...Data Suggests That E-Liquid Flavors Aren’t Driving Youths to Vaping
E-cigarette opponents have long been advocating for a federal e-liquid flavor ban, claiming that enticing flavors are one of the main causes of the "vaping epidemic that is addicting a generation of kids", but hard data paints another picture. According to a number of youth surveys over the past three years, e-liquid flavors are far from the main driver pushing young Americans to try vaping. A...
Read More...Study Claims Vaping Is Just as Bad for Blood Vessels as Smoking, Ignores All Evidence to the Contrary
A scientific study recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests using electronic cigarettes is just as harmful for blood vessels as smoking tobacco. The research, co-authored by Jessica Fetterman, assistant professor of medicine at Boston...
Read More...Yet Another Study Debunks the Popular “E-Cigarette Gateway” Theory
A recently published observational study published in the journal PubMed shows that e-cigarettes do not push youths to smoking, and that they are in fact diverting them from much more harmful cigarette smoking. One of the most popular argument of vaping opponents is
Read More...French Study Suggests Nicotine Could Help Prevent or Treat Covid-19
According to a recent study co-authored by renowned French neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux, nicotine may help prevent infection with the novel coronavirus or treat severe symptoms of the respiratory disease it causes. At a time when everyone keeps saying how dangerous smoking and vaping are because of the risk of coronavirus infection, a group of French scientists claims that there is...
Read More...New Research Shows How EVALI Illness Negatively Impacted Public Perception of Vaping
A research paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research clearly shows that the public's perception of electronic cigarettes changed for the worse during and after last year's EVALI lung disease crisis, mainly due to media and Government...
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