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What's your take on this? It's giving me second thoughts about using a pv long-term, but I'm sure they're still much safer than cigarettes.
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The study in question is very much not new. Since its publication in May it has been making the rounds through almost every news article that wants to show dangers of e-cigarettes. I've been discussing this article in another thread under Media earlier today, as it made me very upset...
Here is a link to an older thread, where the formaldehyde study was talked about in a time magazine article:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...gs-still-produce-carcinogens-study-shows.html
The last two pages (6 and 7) of this thread explain very clearly what's wrong with this study and the way the results were presented (I had jumped in to defend the study, only to concede my position later when other vapers gave me evidence to discount it...).
As for the other study they cited, here's a little bit about what it says:
The particles are of comparable size to those contained in cigarette smoke, and as many as 40 percent of them reach the deepest part of the lungs when inhaled, said Jonathan Thornburg, lead investigator and a senior research engineer at RTI International, a North Carolina research institute.
That means if the particles turn out to be harmful, they'll be causing damage throughout the lungs.
Notice the giant "IF" in this statement? They're not saying they proved the vapor to be harmful at all, just that it potentially could be.
This study also does not hold water.
At the end of the day, IFLS presented two studies that don't actually prove that e-cigarettes are dangerous at all, only that they could, maybe, potentially, possibly... be dangerous. So don't worry
I was very disappointed in IFLS for this. They've jumped on the bandwagon of spreading lies to get likes. It's bothersome.
exactly!
