E-liquid at least 795% less cytotoxic than cigarette smoke, new study reveals

[Oliver]

Today, Dr. Farsalinos's study on the effect of e-liquid and cigarette smoke on cultured cells has been released: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie

This is a pretty awesome bit of research. Basically, cigarette smoke causes catastrophic damage to cells - e-liquid vapor doesn't.

 

[unquiet]

For those of us who don't speak fluent immunology, cytoxicity basically means toxic at the cellular level

Since I had to look it up, I thought I'd save some others the trouble, lol.

 

[AgentAnia]

Here's some info from Dr. Farsalinos' website about the study design. I wish we could have full access to the study text without having to buy it...

Cyotoxic effects of electronic cigarette vapor extract on cultured myocardial cells

(Background info only: This was written before the study was completed.)

 

[jefsview]

good to know. Thanks!

 

[tj99959]

I got the full study to read. You might not want to. Either that or I got the Greek translation by mistake, it's that technical.
Great information ............ provided your PhD in genetic science is up to date.

Dr. Farsalinos did some great work with this, and it's among the first studies that is aimed at the scientific community.

 

[AgentAnia]

I got the full study to read. You might not want to. Either that or I got the Greek translation by mistake, it's that technical.
Great information ............ provided your PhD in genetic science is up to date.

Dr. Farsalinos did some great work with this, and it's among the first studies that is aimed at the scientific community.

Are you suscribed to the website, that you could get full text? Don't have a PhD but would like to have it for my reference library.

 

[Jackstraw]

I would enjoy if someone was able to translate this info in ways I could understand.
Can anyone do this?

 

[tj99959]

I would enjoy if someone was able to translate this info in ways I could understand.
Can anyone do this?

That's easy

E-liquid at least 795% less cytotoxic than cigarette smoke

The rest is just "cytotoxic" stuff.

Here, this is about as easy to understand as anything on the internet.

http://www.ecigarette-research.com/...te-vapor-extract-on-cultured-myocardial-cells

 

[Jackstraw]

Yes, that was better.
Thanks

 

[Oliver]

And here's a more readable summary from the Flavorart blog: ClearStream LIFE Published | ClearStream by FlavourArt

 

[kiwivap]

Interesting - I have read the whole article. Its a standard article using the common terms for the field. A few things:

1. The vapor was tested on mouse cells - further research is recommended by the authors.
2. Actual vapor, not liquid, was used. Important as previous research indicated e-liquid in its liquid state can cause cytotoxicity (poison cells). However in this study vapor was made using an ecig and atomizer - and the vapor was tested on the cells.
3. Cigarette smoke was also used.
4. Cigarette smoke was very cytotoxic. E-liquid vapor was not. The e-liquid used was close to 50/50 PG/VG. Only one flavor showed cytoxicity and that was a coffee flavor at a high concentration of coffee flavor, and still well less than cytotoxicity from cigarette smoke.

Just a simplified summary. The good thing about this, in my view, is that they replicated a vaping experience by using a 3.7v battery, an atomizer, and vapor. This is a really quite an effective demonstration of the difference between vapor and cigarette smoke.